OpenRazer
OpenRazer
https://openrazer.github.io/
Driver & Daemon for Razer Peripherals
Razer is a company which makes computers and computer peripherals for gaming. Some of their peripherals, dubbed "Chroma" has special lights. They provide a program on Windows and MacOS for changing the colors and lighting patterns, but not for GNU/Linux.
Fortunately, a fellow by the name of Terry Cain has solved this problem by creating OpenRazer. With OpenRazer, you can change the color and pattern of the lights on your Razer keyboard, mouse, headphones, mousepad or laptop.
OpenRazer also allows you to use the Razer Core Thunderbolt eGPU enclosure in GNU/Linux, which may come in handy for laptop users who want more graphics computing power without needing a full-fledged desktop PC.
According to the homepage, OpenRazer is "A collection of Linux drivers for the Razer devices, providing kernel drivers, DBus services and python bindings to interact with the DBus interface." OpenRazer is a driver and daemon for Razer devices, but to be able to change the colors and lighting patterns of the lights, you'll need a front-end like PolyChromatic, RazerCommander, or RazerGenie.
When used in conjuction wth a front-end such as Polychromatic, OpenRazer actually handles hot-plugging better than Razer’s proprietary software. It also has a much more reliable “sleep” feature for turning off the lights when the computer’s display turns off.
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Leaders and contributors
| Contact(s) | Role |
|---|---|
| Terry Cain |
Resources and communication
| Audience | Resource type | URI |
|---|---|---|
| VCS Repository Webview | https://github.com/openrazer/openrazer |
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