Dark Reader - Dark Mode for Chrome

Turn on dark mode for Chrome. Take care of your eyes, and use a dark theme for the night and daily browsing.

Dark Reader for Chrome: Eye-Care Dark Mode Extension

"Dark Reader - Dark Mode for Chrome" is an extension designed to minimize eye strain and enhance your browsing experience, especially in low-light conditions. It effortlessly and dynamically applies a dark theme to every website you visit, enabling greater comfort and readability at night. The extension includes adjustable settings like brightness, contrast, and saturation to ensure a personalized experience. Moreover, it also features a Night Shift mode, warming the colors for a more comfortable view as the evening progresses. The tool toggles on and off with a single click for ease of use. Additionally, it automatically adapts website presentation for nighttime use, perfect for those spending long hours in front of the screen after dark, including night shift workers and avid online readers.
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Extension stats

Users: 40,000+
Rating: 4.53
(90)
Version: 1.0.7 (Last updated: 2024-01-08)
Creation date: 2022-12-07
Risk impact: High risk impact
Risk likelihood:
Manifest version: 3
Permissions:
  • storage
  • tabs
Host permissions:
  • <all_urls>
Size: 1.04M

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Extension summary

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Dark Reader - Dark Mode for Chrome is a fast, lite, and simple extension that automatically turns the colors of your browser content warmer or darker.

This eye-care extension enables night mode by creating dark themes for websites on the fly. Dark Reader inverts bright colors, making them high contrast and easy to read at night.

What will you get from the Dark Mode extension:

  1. An easy way to create dark mode on every website. In addition, you can customize your dark theme visual from Brightness, Contrast, to Saturation.
  2. A night shift mode that changes the website’s color to warmer, making it much more pleasing to watch.

Night Shift Activate Night Shift mode to invert the usual light from the screen to a warmer tone, thus, preventing your eyes from harm. You can turn the tool on and off with a single click when you need it.

Dark Mode extension automatically shifts the colors of your browser content to the warmer end of the color spectrum after dark.

Dark Reader extension will put a dark theme on all websites, suitable for those who work at night and dark reader for online news or book reading.

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User reviews

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Pros
  • Reduces eye strain and headaches
  • Customizable color options
  • Easy to enable and disable
  • Most users find it effective for dark mode
  • Works well across most websites
Cons
  • Does not work on some specific websites
  • Issues with features like contrast and brightness settings not functioning as expected
  • Inconsistent performance, with some users stating it only works occasionally
  • There are reports of a white strip appearing at the bottom of some pages
  • Difficulties using it with certain applications like Google Sheets
Most mentioned
  • Works well for reducing eye strain
  • Customization options available
  • Does not function correctly on some websites
  • Inconsistent performance
  • Positive experience overall for most users
User reviews
The best
by Miroslav Ales, 2025-01-06

Does exactly what it says it does and it does it well. Way less eye strain and headaches. Awesome software, thank you! Your darkness brightens my day
by Jon E (jagged), 2025-01-01

awesome
by Sourin Kabi, 2024-12-21
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Dark Reader - Dark Mode for Chrome requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk likelihood

Dark Reader - Dark Mode for Chrome has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.

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