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MonitorPilot's software KVM retargets all your monitors to another computer over DDC/CI — no hardware box, no menu diving — and remembers the choice inside a profile you trigger with a hotkey. Offline, no telemetry.

MonitorPilot's software KVM retargets every display's input to another computer at once over DDC/CI — no hardware box, saved in a profile, fully offline with no telemetry.

$14.99 USD — Perpetual License

One-time purchase · Lifetime updates · Delivered via the Microsoft Store

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One-time purchase No telemetry Local-first

windows 11 · ddc/ci · no drivers · offline · no telemetry

If this sounds like your week

Switching which computer drives your screens means a tour of the bezel menus.

A work laptop and a personal desktop feed the same displays, and every handover means stepping through each monitor's on-screen menu to change HDMI, DisplayPort, or USB-C — one panel at a time. A two-screen swap becomes a dozen button presses you'd rather not do.

Where tooling usually breaks

A hardware KVM is overkill; the OSD route is too slow.

Dedicated KVM boxes cost money and add cabling, while the panels' own menus are buried and inconsistent between brands. Nothing in Windows flips several displays to a new source together, so the daily machine-switch stays a chore.

Where MonitorPilot lands

Send every display to another PC in a single move.

MonitorPilot's software KVM and input presets retarget every monitor's source at once over DDC/CI — no extra hardware, no menu diving. Save the inputs inside a profile or workspace so changing computers is one click or hotkey, with each command passing through the same paced, protective queue that keeps the control bus stable. It all stays on your machine.

$14.99 USD — Perpetual License

One-time purchase · Lifetime updates · Delivered via the Microsoft Store

Purchased and updated securely through the Microsoft Store. No account needed on our site, no subscription, and a Microsoft receipt for easy corporate expensing.

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windows 11 · ddc/ci · no drivers · offline · no telemetry

What you get

Feature highlights

Control every external display from one window or the tray

brightness, contrast, input source, volume, color temperature, and power over standard DDC/CI—no kernel drivers required.

Named profiles (Work, Gaming, Night, or your own) switch every monitor at once, and per-app automation applies a profile, preset, or custom brightness the moment an app takes focus.

Named profiles (Work, Gaming, Night, or your own) switch every monitor at once, and per-app automation applies a profile, preset, or custom brightness the moment an app takes focus.

Advanced rules engine

combine foreground app, window title, time of day, sunrise/sunset, battery state, idle time, full-screen, and virtual desktop with AND/OR/NOT logic and optional gradual transitions.

Workspaces and window management

restore your whole multi-monitor desk in one click after docking, and move, snap, center, or maximize windows across screens with global hotkeys.

Reliable by design

monitors are keyed by a hardware EDID hash so settings never land on the wrong screen, a serialized bus-safe queue protects fragile DDC/CI controllers, and settings are crash-safe.

Featherweight, native, and private

built in Rust with WebView2 (not Electron), under 15 MB idle RAM target, sub-250 ms cold start, 100% offline with no account, no telemetry, and no network access.

Product Interface

MonitorPilot dashboard showing each external display as a card with brightness, contrast, and volume sliders
Every external display in one window — brightness, contrast, input, volume, and colour at a glance, straight from the tray.

Control every monitor, then let your desk run itself.

MonitorPilot drives brightness, contrast, input, volume, and colour over standard DDC/CI—no drivers—then adds the automation and reliability layer free slider tools skip.

Profiles & per-app rules: switch the whole desk in a click, or apply settings automatically when an app takes focus.
Docking-safe by design: panels are keyed by hardware EDID, so settings never land on the wrong screen after a reconnect.
Native & private: Rust + WebView2 (not Electron), under 15 MB idle RAM, 100% offline, no account, no telemetry.

Especially when

  • Control external monitor brightness, contrast, input, volume, and color on Windows 11 without fumbling with the buttons under the bezel
  • Automate per-app and time-of-day monitor settings across a multi-monitor desk instead of adjusting each screen by hand
  • Restore the correct display settings after docking or undocking without Windows reshuffling which monitor is which

Who benefits

Real-world scenarios

The two-computer desk

A work laptop and a personal desktop share the same monitors, and switching between them means stepping through each screen's on-screen menu to change the input source.

MonitorPilot's software KVM flips every display to the other machine at once over DDC/CI, saved in a profile, so swapping computers is a single hotkey instead of a tour of bezel menus.

The daily docking shuffle

Every time you dock the laptop the desk is wrong again — levels reset, the primary panel moved, windows piled on the built-in screen — and you rebuild it by hand before you can start work.

You save the arrangement as a MonitorPilot Workspace and restore it in one click; because it identifies panels by hardware EDID, every setting lands on the correct screen, and it reports what restored.

The task switcher

You want a bright, crisp look for spreadsheets and a dim, warm one for the evening film, but you reset every monitor by hand each time you change activity, several times a day.

You save two MonitorPilot profiles and a per-app rule; now opening the editor brightens the desk and starting a movie warms it automatically, with no slider-dragging at all.

Deep dive

Software KVM: one PC at a time, without the hardware box

A KVM lets two computers share one set of monitors, and the traditional way to get one is a physical switch box: extra hardware, extra cabling, and another point of failure on the desk. The displays already know how to change source — that is what the input button in their on-screen menu does — but doing it by hand means visiting every panel's menu separately each time you switch machines, which turns a quick handover into a dozen button presses. MonitorPilot offers a software KVM instead, driving the input-source control over DDC/CI. With input presets you retarget every connected display to another computer at once — from HDMI to DisplayPort to USB-C — in a single action, no box required. Because inputs are just another setting MonitorPilot can store, you can fold them into a profile or workspace and trigger the whole switch with one click or a global hotkey, optionally alongside the brightness and layout changes that suit the other machine. Every command still passes through the serialized, paced queue that protects the control bus, so flipping several panels together stays stable rather than racing the hardware. As always it runs locally with no telemetry. The honest limits: both the monitor and your cabling must support the inputs you want to switch between, the panel has to expose DDC/CI, and some displays implement only part of the input-control standard — MonitorPilot detects and offers what each one actually supports.

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Our Core Moat

Engineered to respect your system boundaries.

System Resource Monitor (Idle State Comparison)
Automata Labs sub-5MB idle memory footprint compared to generic Electron applications

Lightweight Native Stack

Compiled Rust core wrapped inside an optimized Tauri shell. No heavy background node loops or duplicate Chromium engines cooking your memory footprint (<5MB idle RAM).

100% Local-First Privacy

Executes entirely on-device with full offline isolation. Absolute zero background telemetry policies, no metrics aggregation, and zero mandatory cloud-sync accounts.

Perpetual Fallback Licenses

Pay a single, clear one-time purchase price. Own your specific native software utility execution tier permanently without artificial subscription paywalls or ongoing usage tax.

FAQ

Straight answers—no glossary dump

Can I switch monitor inputs in software instead of using a hardware KVM?

Yes. MonitorPilot's software KVM changes every display's input source at once over DDC/CI — between HDMI, DisplayPort, and USB-C — with no hardware box. Save the inputs inside a profile or workspace and switching computers becomes a single click or hotkey. Both your monitor and cabling must support the inputs, and the panel must expose DDC/CI.

Does MonitorPilot require drivers, an account, or an internet connection?

None of the three. MonitorPilot controls monitors over standard DDC/CI with no kernel drivers, needs no account or sign-in, and makes no network calls — it is fully functional offline. It is a native Rust app with a WebView2 front end, targeting under 15 MB of idle RAM and a quick cold start, so it stays quietly in the tray until you need it.

Will MonitorPilot work with my monitor and my laptop screen?

MonitorPilot controls external displays that support DDC/CI, which covers most modern monitors (some need it enabled in their on-screen menu). Laptop built-in panels generally do not expose DDC/CI and can't be controlled this way — a hardware limitation, not a MonitorPilot one. Window management, global hotkeys, and system volume still work regardless, so a laptop setup keeps real value.

Is MonitorPilot a subscription, and how do I get it?

MonitorPilot is a one-time purchase on the Microsoft Store — no subscription and no account required for core use. Because DDC/CI support is hardware-dependent, trying it on your own displays is the best way to confirm they respond. Use the Microsoft Store button on this page for the current listing and price.

Free tools adjust sliders.
MonitorPilot runs your whole desk.

MonitorPilot controls every external display over DDC/CI—brightness, contrast, input, volume, and color—then automates the desk with profiles, per-app rules, workspaces, and window management. Native Rust, under 15 MB idle RAM, 100% offline, no drivers, no account.

$14.99 USD — Perpetual License

One-time purchase · Lifetime updates · Delivered via the Microsoft Store

Purchased and updated securely through the Microsoft Store. No account needed on our site, no subscription, and a Microsoft receipt for easy corporate expensing.

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Technical specifications

Technical specifications for procurement

Spec Implementation
Data Sovereignty Profiles, rules, workspaces, and per-monitor names are stored locally; no cloud sync or remote backup
Telemetry Status None; no account, no analytics, and no outbound network access by policy
Core Runtime Rust core with a WebView2 front end (not Electron); controls displays over standard DDC/CI
Network Requirements Fully functional offline; sunrise/sunset and adaptive brightness are computed on-device with no location lookups
Deployment Compatibility Windows 11 only; controls external DDC/CI displays (laptop built-in panels generally do not expose DDC/CI)
Controls Brightness, contrast, input source, volume, color temperature, and power per display
Automation Profiles, per-app context switching, and a rules engine over app/time/solar/battery/idle/full-screen/virtual desktop
Reliability EDID-hash stable identity, serialized bus-safe DDC queue, and crash-safe transactional settings
Footprint Target under 15 MB idle RAM and sub-250 ms cold start (verified on QA hardware)