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KeyLit for Mac

Toggle keyboard backlight brightness from the menu bar.

By vuongp. Free and open source, MIT licence.

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KeyLit at a glance

Version
1.0
Released
27 June 2026
Download size
36 KB
Works on
Apple silicon and Intel
Licence
MIT
Category
Menu Bar and Notch
Developer
vuongp
GitHub stars
3

About KeyLit

One click macos menu icon to toggle keyboard backlight

How to install KeyLit on a Mac

  1. Get OpenDMG. It is a free app store for open source Mac apps. Download OpenDMG.
  2. Search for KeyLit and press Get. OpenDMG downloads version 1.0 from vuongp's own GitHub release.
  3. Open it. The download is checked against its SHA-256 fingerprint and its signature is checked on your Mac before it lands in Applications.

Updates to KeyLit show up in OpenDMG and install with one button. No account is needed.

Prefer to do it by hand? The developer's file is on GitHub: KeyLit.v1.dmg (36 KB).

What is new in KeyLit 1.0

**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/vuongp/keylit/commits/v1.0

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