Vivid
Ranked 3 of 3 display management apps by recommenders
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.
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.
6 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 83%
Recommended in 2 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 5 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 2 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Boosts brightness using HDR range
“I've had some decent success with the app Vivid which hijacks various MacOS abilities to superbrighten your display”
Comment from 19 Jan 2026 in “Notes on Apple's Nano Texture” “the HDR boost is awesome as well, combined with nano texture it feels like overkill, but I love it.”
Comment from 19 Jan 2026 in “Notes on Apple's Nano Texture” “Vivid is great to turn up the brightness using the extended range of HDR”
Comment from 19 Jan 2026 in “Notes on Apple's Nano Texture”
Other display management apps people recommend
The two most recommended other display management apps, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BetterDisplay | 31 | 4 | 89% | 10 | — | Approved |
| Lunar | 12 | 0 | 100% | 9 | — | Approved |
| VividThis page | 5 | 1 | 83% | 2 | — | — |
What people said
All 6 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“it's so buggy and never re-enables after I close my MacBook Pro”
“Vivid is great to turn up the brightness using the extended range of HDR”
“the HDR boost is awesome as well, combined with nano texture it feels like overkill, but I love it.”
“I've had some decent success with the app Vivid which hijacks various MacOS abilities to superbrighten your display”
“something like the Vivid app do really well in sunlight in light mode”
“no damage to my screen at all”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.