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Control your LIFX lights from your computer

LIFX makes a phone app, not a desktop one. Remote Lighting is a control panel for LIFX that runs in your browser, so you can set colours, scenes and effects from a Mac, Windows PC, Linux machine or Chromebook without installing anything.

LIFX dropped its Windows 10 app in 2017 and never replaced it; the official apps have been iOS and Android ever since. If you already work at a computer, reaching for your phone to dim a light is friction the old desktop app didn't have. Remote Lighting puts your bulbs back on the big screen: sign in, connect your LIFX account once, and every bulb, strip and group shows up in a browser tab you can leave open all day. It talks to the same LIFX cloud API the phone app uses, so there's nothing to download and nothing that has to sit on your home network.

It runs on anything with a modern browser: macOS, Windows, Linux, ChromeOS, a work laptop that won't let you install apps, even a machine that isn't in the same building as your lights.

In 30 seconds

1. Open the live demo to see the panel running on simulated lights; no account or token needed.
2. When you want to control your own bulbs, sign up free.
3. Paste a LIFX personal access token. It takes about two minutes and we link the exact steps.
4. Your rooms, bulbs and scenes load. Control them from that tab on any computer.

What you get

• Any colour or white temperature, per bulb or per group.
• Activate the scenes from your LIFX app.
• Effects: breathe, pulse, move, morph, flame, clouds, sunrise and sunset, on the devices that support them.
• Paint individual zones on LIFX strips, or lay one of eight gradient themes across them.
• A dark mode that can switch itself on at night, and full keyboard control if you want it.

FAQ

Does LIFX have a desktop app?

No. LIFX dropped its Windows 10 app in 2017 and has shipped phone apps for iOS and Android since. The one desktop tool it offers today, the Desktop Onboarder, only joins new lights to your Wi-Fi; it doesn't control them. Remote Lighting is the browser panel that fills the gap.

Do I need to install anything?

No. Remote Lighting runs in your browser. There's no download, extension or driver, and it behaves the same on Mac, Windows, Linux and ChromeOS.

Can I control my lights when I'm away from home?

Yes. Remote Lighting uses the LIFX cloud API, so as long as your bulbs are online and you have internet, you can control them from anywhere: a different building, a tethered phone, a hotel. Local-network apps can't do that.

Is it free?

Yes, the control panel is free to use.

Is it made by LIFX?

No. Remote Lighting is an independent control panel for LIFX, not affiliated with LIFX. You connect it to your own LIFX account with a token you generate yourself and can revoke at any time.