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Run ` redshift -h ` for help on command line options. You can run the program
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as ` redshift-gtk ` instead of ` redshift ` for a graphical status icon.
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- * Website: http://jonls.dk/redshift/
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* Project page: https://github.com/jonls/redshift
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Build status
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[ ![ Build Status] ( https://travis-ci.org/jonls/redshift.svg?branch=master )] ( https://travis-ci.org/jonls/redshift )
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[ ![ Build Status] ( https://ci.appveyor.com/api/projects/status/github/jonls/redshift?branch=master&svg=true )] ( https://ci.appveyor.com/project/jonls/redshift )
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+ Technical Details (Gamma Ramps)
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+ Redshift applies a redness effect to the graphical display. The intensity of the redness can be customized and
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+ scheduled to only be applied at night or to be applied with more intensity at night.
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+ Redshift uses the gamma correction ramps to apply this effect which has traditionally been the only
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+ way of applying a color effect to the display. Note that this is really a hack to work around the absense of a
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+ standardized way of applying color effects, and it is resulting in several issues some of which are explained in
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+ the _ FAQ_ section below. As long as Redshift is using gamma ramps, many of these issues are impossible to solve properly
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+ in Redshift.
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+ Since Redshift was first created, many desktop environments have adopted similar functionality as an integrated
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+ component:
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+ - GNOME: [ Night Light] ( https://www.gnome.org/news/2017/03/gnome-3-24-released/attachment/night-light/ )
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+ - Plasma: Night Color
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+ - Windows: [ Night Light] ( https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4027563/windows-10-set-your-display-for-night-time )
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+ - macOS: Night Shift
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+ Using the features integrated into the desktop environments avoids many of the issues with gamma ramps which is why
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+ these implementations should generally be favored over Redshift. On the other hand, Redshift may offer some additional
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+ flexibility that is not available in the integrated features.
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FAQ
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