OpenRGB 0.7 release, tools for controlling RGB-illumination of peripheral devices

Published New edition OpenRGB 0.7 , open tools to control RGB-backlight peripheral devices. Package Supports Motherboards Asus, Gigabyte, ASRock and MSI with RGB-subsystem for illuminating the case, modules Backlit memory from Asus, Patriot, Corsair and Hyperx, ASUS AURA / ROG graphics cards, MSI GeForce, Sapphire Nitro and Gigabyte Aorus, various LED controllers (THERMALTAKE, CORSAIR, NZXT HUE +), glowing coolers, mice, keyboards, headphones and Razer accessories with backlight. Information on the interaction protocol with devices is mainly obtained through the reverse engineering of proprietary drivers and applications. The code is written in C / C ++ and extends under the GPLV2 license. Ready builds are formed for Linux, MacOS and Windows.


Among the new features are allocated:

  • Added settings menu. Now to configure specific functionality (E1.31, QMK, Philips Hue, Philips WIZ, Yeelight and devices managed through a serial port, for example, based on Arduino) You do not need to edit the configuration file manually.
  • added slider to control the brightness of devices that have this setting in addition to the color setting.
  • In the settings menu, the OpenRGB auto start control is now available at the start of the system. You can specify additional actions that execute OpenRGB with such a start (applying profiles, start in server mode).
  • Plugins now have a versioning mechanism to avoid failures due to the use of obsolete assemblies with new versions of OpenRGB.
  • Added the ability to install plugins through the settings menu.
  • Added log conserves to simplify receipt of information about failures from new users. Console logs can be enabled in the settings in the “Information” section.
  • Added the ability to save the settings to the device, if there is a Flash memory device. Saving is performed only by a command to avoid excessive Flash resource. Earlier for such devices, the saving was not performed according to the same considerations.
  • when new devices are found for which the dimension setting is required (ARGB controllers), OpenRGB will remind you of the need for this setting.

Added support for new devices:

  • Extended List of detectable GPUs (Gigabyte, Asus, MSI, EVGA, SAPPHIRE, etc.)
  • expanded list of supported MSI Mystic Light motherboards (due to the features of this circuit series, by default, non-stovered devices remain unavailable to avoid the RGB controller soft block)
  • Fixed problems with Logitech mice, found in version 0.6.
  • Added modes of work Logitech G213
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