KiT is a quiet Windows companion that keeps your session awake (Light) or
darkens the desktop without sleeping the PC (Night); Off returns ordinary
Windows. One gesture each: Ctrl+Shift+D for Light, Ctrl+Shift+K for Night,
hold either for Off.
Night has five faces (Blackout, Cosmos, Slither, Orbit, DVD), or Monitor
off, which turns your displays off to save power while everything else
keeps running. A touch of activity brings you back.
Optional Ghost bar (transparent, click-through), Hold Night, Auto after idle,
Night brightness and run at sign-in. Remembers how you left it. Single
instance. Checks for updates only when you ask. Entirely local. No account.
No telemetry. No fake input.
README
KiT is a quiet Windows companion that keeps your session awake (Light) or darkens the desktop without sleeping the PC (Night), with wakeable screensaver faces; Off returns ordinary Windows.
Single instance, no telemetry, no account, no cloud, no keystroke recording, no clipboard access, no fake input. SHA-256-verified releases on GitHub. Two launches: installer (current-user scope) and portable (no admin needed). Also on winget: winget install --id SPRIC76.KIT -e.
One program. Entirely local. No accounts. No telemetry. No theater (except the screensavers).
Wakeable dark — Screen darkens, the machine stays working. A touch of activity brings you back.
Off
Regular old sleepy Windows again.
One gesture each. No schedules. No idle. No hassle.
The Instrument
A low-profile bar sits just above the taskbar — there when you want it, gone when you don’t. Double-click the tray icon to show or hide it. Right-click the tray for settings, Ghost, Hold Night, Auto after idle, and the Night faces.
Toggles/Keybinds
Keys
Mode
Ctrl+Shift + D
Light · Default mode
Ctrl+Shift + K
Night · Auto-wakes on mouse/keyboard activity
Hold either 2 seconds for Off · double-tap to flip to the opposite mode (Light → Night, Night → Light).
Options
Optional Ghost — transparent, click-through Control Bar/UI Element.
Optional Hold Night — stay dark until you say otherwise. Esc or Space leaves Hold Night.
Optional Auto after idle — from Off or Light, enter Light or Night after 1, 5, 10, 15 or 30 quiet minutes.
Optional Night brightness — how deep Night goes, from a soft dim to fully dark.
Optional Monitor brightness — a convenience for displays with DDC/analog brightness controls; sets the panel's own brightness from the tray instead of reaching for its buttons, and does nothing on displays without DDC (most laptop panels).
Optional run at sign-in.
Remembers how you left it.
Night faces
Night screensavers/faces: Cosmos (cosmic anomalous marbles), DVD, Snake, Orbit — or quiet Off, or Monitor off, which turns your displays off to save power while everything else keeps running. Burn-safe motion. Built to feel alive, not busy.
