Show HN: Backlit Keyboard API for Python

Category: cli-tool

Tags: hardware-control, linux, cli-tool

Score: 4.8/10 (Innovation: 3, Technical: 4, Documentation: 8, Utility: 4)

A Python package and CLI tool for controlling keyboard backlight brightness on Linux systems via sysfs, with a mock backend for safe testing. It's interesting because it provides a beginner-friendly abstraction over hardware control with clear safety features and async notification capabilities.

Target audience: linux users, python beginners, hobbyists

Repository: https://github.com/itsmeadarsh2008/backlit-kbd · Python · MIT · 19 stars

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