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Nightfall vs DarkModeBuddy: catalog facts
Nightfall	DarkModeBuddy
Free Free to download from GitHub or Homebrew.	Free Free and open source under the BSD-2-Clause license.
macOS	macOS
One click to toggle dark mode Lightweight native Swift app	Switches theme by actual room brightness rather than clock time Lightweight background utility
Does one job only macOS only, Catalina or later	macOS only Depends on a Mac with an ambient light sensor
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License not stated	License: BSD-2-Clause
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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