f.lux

f.lux: Adjust your computer's color temperature automatically to match your day and light cycles

If you feel tired when working nights at your computer, one of the most common issues is the monitor light that affects your eyes and consequently your brain's perception of day/night. Enter f.lux, the most popular application that allows you to automatically adapt your desktop brightness and colors to the night and day cycle of your timezone.

While f.lux can be easily customized to be scheduled depending on your work times, more often than not, it's best to set-up the location details and the software automatically manages the brightness and colors. You can also tweak any given configuration, adapting it to your working hours and sleep hours.

f.lux also comes with a bunch of light filters, allowing different color temperatures, in case you dislike how your monitor feels during certain hours. Evidently, f.lux can be activated manually only, which is a setting we really like here at FileCluster, since it allows us to enable it with several hours in advance before our bedtimes. However, in some cases, you can forget about the software if you dive deep into your work, so it's best to let it run automatically or set-up a schedule.

In conclusion, f.lux is an essential app to have installed on your any device since it makes our sleep exponentially better and in some cases, even cures insomnia.