9.4 MB exe · Instant startup · No Electron

Eyes

Ultra-lightweight screen brightness & warmth control for Windows

9.4 MB
Portable exe
<100 ms
Startup time
0
Runtime deps
8
Built-in presets

Everything you need, nothing you don't

Ten precisely-crafted features. No bloat, no subscriptions, no background services eating your RAM.

Color Temperature Control

Adjust from 1000K warm candlelight to 6500K cool daylight with real-time preview. Uses Tanner Helland's kelvin-to-RGB algorithm applied via Windows GDI gamma ramps.

Brightness Control

Dim from 100% down to 10% per-monitor. Works at the GPU gamma level, not backlight — works on any display including external monitors.

Multi-Monitor Support

Target all monitors at once or control each display independently. Auto-detects connected displays and disambiguates duplicate monitor model names.

8 Built-in Presets

Default, Health, Game, Movie, Office, Editing, Reading, Night. One-click switching with visual active state. From 6500K/100% to 3400K/50%.

Settings Persistence

Your temperature, brightness, and monitor target are saved automatically and restored on next launch. Never reconfigure after restart.

System Tray Integration

Minimizes to tray instead of quitting. Single-click or double-click to restore. Tray menu: Show, Reset Display, Quit. First-time tray notification.

Safe Gamma Restore

Original display gamma ramps are captured at startup and guaranteed restored on exit. Emergency fallback restore if anything goes wrong.

Single Instance Lock

Prevents multiple copies from running simultaneously, which would corrupt gamma ramp baselines. Second launch focuses the existing window instead.

Accessible Dark UI

Custom frameless window with dark theme. ARIA labels on all controls. Keyboard-navigable. Status bar with monitor-aware descriptions that auto-clear.

Truly Lightweight

Built with Tauri v2 (Rust + system webview). 9.4MB portable exe or 1.9MB installer. No Electron, no runtime, no framework overhead. ~100ms debounced updates.

Built different

No Electron. No bundled Chromium. Just Rust, raw Win32 APIs, and the system webview.

Rust backend

Raw Win32 GDI FFI for direct gamma ramp manipulation. No abstraction layers, no overhead.

Vanilla HTML/CSS/JS frontend

Zero framework dependencies. No React, no Vue, no build step. Pure browser APIs.

Tauri v2

Uses the system WebView2 already installed on Windows. Not a bundled browser.

Optimized release binary

Stripped symbols, LTO enabled, single codegen unit. Every byte earned its place.

How Eyes stacks up

Side-by-side with the alternatives. We built Eyes because we wanted something better.

Eyes CareUEyes f.lux
Binary size 9.4 MB ~50 MB ~15 MB
Framework Native (Tauri/Rust) .NET Custom
Per-monitor control Yes Yes No
Price Free trial, $5 lifetime $9.90 Free
Presets 8 built-in 8 built-in 3
Settings persistence
System tray
Startup time Instant ~2s ~1s

One price. Yours forever.

Try it free, then pay once. No subscription, no upsells, no data collection.

Lifetime license
$5 one-time

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  • All 10 features, no limits
  • Lifetime updates
  • No subscription, ever
  • No telemetry, no data collection
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Windows 10 or later. WebView2 required (pre-installed on Windows 11).

Free trial · $5 lifetime license · No admin rights required for portable version