brightd and volumed

Notification services for controlling volume (pulseaudio/pipewire) and brightness on Linux.

Pre-requisites

• brightnessctl
• pactl (part of libpulse, you probably have this already)

Screenshots

Installation

git clone https://github.com/diced/brightd-volumed
cd brightd-volumed
cargo install --path .

Usage

brightd and/or volumed must be running for brightctl/volumectl to work.

Once brightd is running, you can increase/decrease screen brightness by running brightctl inc/brightctl dec.

Once volumed is running, you can increase/decrease volume by running volumectl inc/volumectl dec. You can toggle mute by running volumectl toggle-mute.

When those commands are ran, a box in the center of your screen will appear (see screenshots) with a progress bar and specific icons. This takes advantage of GTK3, so it will match your GTK3 theme.

volumectl

Usage: volumectl <COMMAND>

Commands:
  increase     Increase volume by [step]
  decrease     Decrease volume by [step]
  toggle-mute  Toggle mute
  help         Print this message or the help of the given subcommand(s)

Options:
  -h, --help     Print help information
  -V, --version  Print version information

brightctl

Usage: brightctl <COMMAND>

Commands:
  increase  Increase brightness by [step]
  decrease  Decrease brightness by [step]
  help      Print this message or the help of the given subcommand(s)

Options:
  -h, --help     Print help information
  -V, --version  Print version information