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Light control for MacBook charger status light (open-source)

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For anyone who wants to control their MacBook charger light. For me, my MacBook lives in my bedroom most nights on charge and the light is quite bright. Config allows on/off automation with time, focus status, or persistently on/off. Open to features / suggestions via Github

HN · launched Nov 14, 2026 · 17 upvotes (top 29%) · 0 views

Niche: macos system utilities · 448 launches, 31 in the last 7 days ▼ -30% · Explore this niche →

Category and tags
  • Horizontal
  • Dev tools
  • Prosumer
  • Not AI
  • Hobby / open-source project

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Could you build this?

Yes A small macOS utility that writes the MagSafe LED state through known SMC keys and runs on a schedule or Focus triggers is a compact Swift app that an AI assistant can produce, though it depends on undocumented, model-specific hardware keys.

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Competitors

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Attention rank: #158 of 324 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).

Launched 377 days after the earliest competitor.

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