Welcome
Huenicorn is a free Philips Hue™ bias lighting driver for Gnu/Linux.
It allows you to extend your screen's colorful atmosphere through your Hue light bulbs in real-time and provides a simple web interface to assign specific portions of screen to the light you desire and save the settings for a further entertainment session.
News
2026-07-17 | Huenicorn 1.1.0 is here !
Huenicorn just arrived with some news and improvements for 1.1.0
XY/B Color Space
Colors will now be more saturated and be able to reach new heights in terms of brightness thanks to the switch to a better-supported color space system.
Restore sessions for Wayland
Huenicorn will no longer have to prompt the screen-selection portal for Wayland sessions. From now on, it will remember your screen preference and will restore it for further use.
If you ever need to open the portal again, just remove the "restoreToken" line in the config file.
Command line parameters
Huenicorn can now print his version through the "--version|-v" parameter
More parameters will be added in the future, we all need to start somewhere
Support for Hue Bridge Pro
Huenicorn finally supports the Hue Bridge Pro. The previous issues were only caused by requesting the bridge under HTTP instead of HTTPS. The Hue Bridge Pro denies HTTP.
NixOS support
Instructions were added for NixOS
Rework dependencies fetch
The build system was reworked to support offline builds by priorizing local dependencies
In other words
Thank you for contributing to Huenicorn
Most of the new features and fixes were very demanded and I am glad to see you being so helpful in their realisation.
This project is a real collaborative work and I am happy to imagine how this lil project of mine makes your homes shine
OpenJowel
Disclaimer
Please be advised that due to the possibility of rapid and frequent changes in color and brightness, bias lighting systems may not be suitable for individuals prone to photosensitive epilepsy.
Huenicorn disclaims any responsibility for any adverse effects resulting from the use of such systems.