# Vivid

5 Hacker News commenters recommended Vivid and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 2 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Boosts display brightness using the extended HDR range, which people find useful in sunlight. One critic reports it fails to re-enable after closing the lid.

## Why people recommend it

- Boosts brightness using HDR range (3 comments): "I've had some decent success with the app Vivid which hijacks various MacOS abilities to superbrighten your display" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46684395)) "the HDR boost is awesome as well, combined with nano texture it feels like overkill, but I love it." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46684492)) "Vivid is great to turn up the brightness using the extended range of HDR" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46684763))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [BetterDisplay](https://hackerapproved.com/p/betterdisplay.md): 31 recommend
- [Lunar](https://hackerapproved.com/p/lunar.md): 12 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Vivid", https://hackerapproved.com/p/vivid/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).