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title: Install Elgato cli keylight-control (unofficial) on Linux | Snap Store
description: Get the latest version of Elgato cli keylight-control (unofficial) for
  Linux - cli tool for Elgato KeyLight
url: https://snapcraft.io/keylight-control
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# Elgato cli keylight-control (unofficial) (keylight-control)

[Tim Richardson (tim-richardson)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/tim-richardson "View all snaps from Tim Richardson (tim-richardson)")

* [Tim Richardson (tim-richardson)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/tim-richardson "View all snaps from Tim Richardson (tim-richardson)")
* [Utilities](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=utilities)

latest/stable 1.0.0

Install latest/stable of Elgato cli keylight-control (unofficial)

This channel hasn't been updated in a while. It might be unmaintained and have stability or security issues.

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**Install using the command line**

```
sudo snap install keylight-control
```

Don't have snapd? [Get set up for snaps](https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snapd).

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### Package name

* keylight-control

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### License

* GPL-3.0

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### Last updated

* 10 October 2023 - latest/stable
* 9 October 2023 - latest/beta

This snap hasn't been updated in a while. It might be unmaintained and have stability or security issues.

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### Websites

* [github.com/timrichardson/keylight\_control\_unofficial](https://github.com/timrichardson/keylight_control_unofficial "https://github.com/timrichardson/keylight_control_unofficial")

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* [Description](https://snapcraft.io/keylight-control#tab-description)
* [Security](https://snapcraft.io/keylight-control#tab-security)

#### cli tool for Elgato KeyLight

Unofficial cli tool for Elgato KeyLight. Uses avahi to find the light. Set brightness and color temperature.
usage: `keylight-control [-h] [--bright BRIGHT] [--temp TEMP] [--ip IP]`

`--bright 0` turns the light off. In this case, settings are not saved (so that `keylight-control` with no parameters simply restores the last settings)

`--ip auto` uses avahi to find the IP address. Once found, it will be saved, so if the IP address is static, it's faster to subsequently omit `--ip`

It assumes there is only one such light (at this stage).

If any parameter is skipped, the last saved value will be used. Settings are saved. In a future release, you will be able to provide a named profile to use saved settings.

options:

```
-h, --help       show this help message and exit

 --bright BRIGHT  set brightness, 0 to 100. 0 will turn light off

 --temp TEMP      set color K. Range is 2900K to 7000K

 --ip IP          Use auto to find it with avahi aka zeroconf.

 # Credit to https://github.com/adamesch/elgato-key-light-api for work done in documenting the REST-style API.
```

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## Install Elgato cli keylight-control (unofficial) on your Linux distribution

Choose your Linux distribution to get detailed installation instructions. If yours is not shown, get more details on the [installing snapd documentation](https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snapd).

[### Arch Linux](https://snapcraft.io/install/keylight-control/arch)

[### CentOS](https://snapcraft.io/install/keylight-control/centos)

[### Debian](https://snapcraft.io/install/keylight-control/debian)

[### elementary OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/keylight-control/elementary)

[### Fedora](https://snapcraft.io/install/keylight-control/fedora)

[### KDE Neon](https://snapcraft.io/install/keylight-control/kde-neon)

[### Kubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/keylight-control/kubuntu)

[### Manjaro](https://snapcraft.io/install/keylight-control/manjaro)

[### Pop!\_OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/keylight-control/pop)

[### openSUSE](https://snapcraft.io/install/keylight-control/opensuse)

[### Red Hat Enterprise Linux](https://snapcraft.io/install/keylight-control/rhel)

[### Ubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/keylight-control/ubuntu)