AlienFX-linux

Ported version of AlienFX for Linux, which gives complete light support for most of the device dell produce.

Check out Example-App/ for a sample application. ALl testing applications are located in alienfx-cli/ folder.

AlienFX-SDK

Better AlienFX/LightFX SDK than Dell official's one without any limitations:

• Better performance. Update rate can be very high for modern devices.
• Tiny footprint both in code and RAM.
• Full hardware features support - per-key and per-device effect set, hardware brightness, hardware power buttons.
• Using direct hardware access, so no additional software required.

Supported devices:

Any Alienware/Dell G-series hardware with RGB lights from 2010 to 2025. Including mouses, keyboards, monitors. Read more details about supported devices and models here

Supported device API versions:

- ACPI-controlled lights - 3 lights, 8 bit/color (v0) - Aurora R6/R7 (using this API require AlienFan-SDK library from AlienFX-Tools project). Not Planned

• 9 bytes 8 bit/color, reportID 2 control (v1) - Ancient notebooks - deprecated and removed.
• 9 bytes 4 bit/color, reportID 2 control (v2) - Older notebooks (like m14/17x, 13R1/R2)
• 12 bytes 8 bit/color, reportID 2 control (v3) - Old notebooks (like 15R5)
• 34 bytes 8 bit/color, reportID 0 control (v4) - Modern notebooks/desktop (all m-series, x-series, Dell g-series, Aurora R8+)
• 64 bytes 8 bit/color, featureID 0xcc control (v5) - Modern notebooks internal per-key RGB keyboard (all m- and x-series)
• 65 bytes 8 bit/color, interrupt control (v6) - Mouses
• 65 bytes 8 bit/color, featureID control (v7) - Monitors
• 65 bytes 8 bit/color, Interrupt control (v8) - External keyboards

Check compatibility list and API details here.

Some notebooks can have 2 devices - APIv4 (for logo, power button, etc) and APIv5 for keyboard.

Supported hardware features:

• Multiply devices detection and handling
• User-provided device, light or group (zone) names
• Change light color
• Change multiply lights color
• Change light hardware effect (except APIv0 and v5)
• Change multiply lights hardware effects (except APIv0 and APIv5)
• Hardware-backed global light off/on/dim (dim is software for v6 and should be done by application)
• Global (all lights) hardware light effects (APIv5, v8)
• Power/indicator button light control (AC/battery hardware switch and effects)

Dependencies

• cmake
• ninja
• libusb
• hidapi

Build

mkdir build/
cd build/
cmake .. -G ninja
ninja

It would build 3 executables:

• AlienFX-SDK - static library with AlienFX SDK
• Example-App - sample application
• alienfx-cli - command line tool for testing and configuring lights

Docs

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