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ByteKeys v1.0.0
First public release.
- Control panel with live keyboard preview, one-click modes, colors for the whole keyboard, zones or
single keys, effects, rules, profiles and a tray icon; dark and light themes. bytekeyscommand line tool andbytekeysdsystem service with a JSON socket API.- Automatic detection of the laptop and its keyboard lighting, ready-made profiles and rules, and advice
when a kernel module is missing. - Kernel backends: LED class (white, multicolor, grouped zones and per-key), ASUS TUF RGB and power
states, System76, Dell timeouts and ambient light, Toshiba, Sony, LG, TUXEDO hardware modes, HP Omen,
legacy Alienware and Acer Predator/Nitro zones. - Built-in USB drivers: Lenovo Legion/LOQ/IdeaPad Gaming 4-zone, ITE 8291 per-key, ASUS ROG Aura,
Dell G-series/Alienware AW-ELC, MSI 3-zone, HID LampArray. - OpenRGB SDK bridge for keyboards ByteKeys has no driver for.
- Software effects for every keyboard: Breathing, Blink, Color cycle, Wave, Gradient, Starlight,
Reactive typing, Candle. - Rules: power source, battery level, time of day, idle, Caps Lock, CPU temperature and load, ambient
light; actions for brightness, color, effects, profiles, warnings and color gradients. - Restores lighting at boot and after resume; follows Fn brightness keys.
.deband AppImage packages; the AppImage can install the service on demand.
Install
- Debian / Ubuntu:
sudo apt install ./bytekeys_*_all.deb - Any distribution: make the
.AppImageexecutable and run it, then click Install service
for full control.