🌑 auto dark mode

a simple rust script to change the application theme to dark when the night light is enabled. it runs a lightweight headless application in the background which listens to changes in the windows registry.

written for Windows 10 / 11

usage

testing

git clone https://github.com/zaccnz/auto_dark_mode.git
cd auto_dark_mode
cargo run

installation

git clone https://github.com/zaccnz/auto_dark_mode.git
cd auto_dark_mode
cargo run -- --install

for a full list of options run cargo run -- --help or auto_dark_mode.exe --help

$ cargo run -- --help
auto_dark_mode 0.1.0
Zac Cleveland
automatically sync dark theme with night light on Windows 10 / 11

USAGE:
    auto_dark_mode.exe [OPTIONS]

OPTIONS:
    -a, --app-only                     Change default app mode only
    -d, --install-dir <INSTALL_DIR>    Directory to copy executable too on install
    -h, --help                         Print help information
    -i, --install                      Copy executable and run on computer start
    -s, --system-only                  Change default Windows mode only
    -u, --uninstall                    Remove this program from your computer
    -V, --version                      Print version information

note: please do not rename the executable from auto_dark_mode.exe.

technologies

• winreg = "0.5.1"
• registry = "1.2.2"
• reg-watcher = "0.1"
• clap = "3.0"
• sysinfo = "0.27.0"
• winapi = "0.3.4"

references

• Windows-Auto-Night-Mode