Redshift Installation On A Debian, Ubuntu, Alpine, Arch, Kali, Fedora, Raspbian And MacOS

Redshift Installation On A Debian, Ubuntu, Alpine, Arch, Kali, Fedora, Raspbian And MacOS

redshift

Adjust the color temperature of your screen according to your surroundings.

Maintainer: Ritesh Raj Sarraf



Section: x11

Install redshift

  • Debian apt-get install redshift Click to copy
  • Ubuntu apt-get install redshift Click to copy
  • Alpine OS apk add redshift Click to copy
  • Arch Linux pacman -S redshift Click to copy
  • Kali Linux apt-get install redshift Click to copy
  • Fedora dnf install redshift Click to copy
  • Raspbian apt-get install redshift Click to copy
  • macOS brew install redshift Click to copy

Adjust the color temperature of your screen according to your surroundings.

How to use redshift?

Below are few example commands for redshift that you can use in the terminal.

Turn on Redshift with 5700K temperature during day and 3600K at night:
redshift -t 5700:3600Click to copy
Turn on Redshift with a manually-specified custom location:
redshift -l latitude:longitudeClick to copy
Turn on Redshift with 70% screen brightness during day and 40% brightness at night:
redshift -b 0.7:0.4Click to copy
Turn on Redshift with custom gamma levels (between 0 and 1):
redshift -g red:green:blueClick to copy
Turn on Redshift with a constant unchanging color temperature:
redshift -O temperatureClick to copy
To install the latest version of redshift in your favorite operating system just copy the redshift installation command from above and paste it into terminal. It will download and install the latest version of redshift 2026 package in your OS.