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== Features ==

Redshift is primarily distributed for and used on the [[Linux]] [[operating system]].

Redshift is primarily distributed for and used on the [[Linux]] [[operating system]]. Initially it had been designed to be controlled from the [[command line]], but meanwhile has added a [[GUI]] to support most Linux desktop environments. Those frontends include redshift-gtk, redshift-plasmoid, and nightshift. redshift-gtk is included in Redshift's source tree. In addition it provides a tray status icon that can enable or disable Redshift, or adjust the color temperature automatically.

Redshift can be used to set a single color temperature and brightness ("one shot mode") or can adjust the temperature and brightness continuously to follow the [[Solar elevation|sun's elevation]], in which case it will transition to the night color temperature settings near [[twilight]]. The temperature and brightness settings for daytime and night can be user-configured.

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On Linux and [[BSD]] operating systems, Redshift supports multiple monitors through the [[X Window System|X]] extensions [[RandR]] (preferred) or [[VidMode]], or through the [[Direct Rendering Manager]]. Because Redshift can only be configured to use the same [[gamma correction]] on all monitors it controls, it is usually desirable to run one instance of the program per monitor.

=== Interfaces ===

Redshift originally possessed only a [[command-line interface]], but now has [[GUI|graphical user interfaces]] (GUIs) that support most Linux desktop environments. Those GUIs include redshift-gtk, redshift-plasmoid, and nightshift.

redshift-gtk is included in Redshift's source tree. In addition to a windowed interface, it provides a tray status icon that can enable or disable Redshift or adjust the screen's color temperature automatically.

== Reviews ==