autolux 0.0.5

an auto luxer

inspired by lumen <https://github.com/anishathalye/lumen> but written for *nix machines. autolux takes a screenshot every few seconds, figures out the ‘average value’ of the resulting image and changes the screen brightness based on screen’s contents.

installation

pip install autolux

dependencies

• imagemagick (for screenshots + determining average brightness)

• xdotool (finding focused window)

• xbacklight (for setting display brightness)

usage

autolux

how it works

autolux is a simple python script that takes a screenshot of a vertical strip every few seconds and calculates the average pixel value. in order to save CPU, a screenshot is only taken if the window has changed since the last time a screenshot was taken