Dark Theme for Google™

A highly customizable dark theme for Google products (search, images, translate, and contacts)

Dark Theme for Google™ - Customizable Dark Mode Extension

Dark Theme for Google™ is a Chrome extension that provides a tailor-made dark theme for Google's services including Search and Images. This extension unveils a variety of customization options for colors, enabling you to set your preferences. You can craft a specific time slot for the extension to activate the dark theme, as well as tweak your CSS rules to ameliorate the overall appearance. Moreover, it lets you synchronize the theme's status with your system's color scheme. The extension is also compatible with Google's Calendar and Messages services.
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Extension stats

By: MeryDev
Users: 60,000+
Rating: 4.03
(319)
Version: 0.6.3 (Last updated: 2023-03-02)
Creation date: 2020-07-05
Risk impact: Moderate risk impact
Risk likelihood:
Manifest version: 3
Permissions:
  • storage
  • alarms
  • idle
Host permissions:
  • *://www.gstatic.com/*
Size: 159.74K

Other platforms

Dark Mode from Night (v2.7.0)
3.91 (1,915) 606,404+
Dark Theme for Google™ (v0.6.3)
4.17 (234) 10,824+
Dark Theme for Google™ (v0.5.1)
4.40 (26) 20,866+
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Extension summary

"Dark Theme for Google" extension brings a customizable dark theme to some of the Google services such as Google Search and Google Images. The extension supports all localized Google domains.

Using this extension you can customize many colors including background and link colors on the options page of the extension if you don't like the default configuration.

Features:

  1. You can define a period for the extension to automatically activate the dark theme
  2. You can append your custom CSS rules to the default dark theme from the options page
  3. You can ask the extension to automatically follow the system color scheme (turn dark theme on when the preferred color scheme is dark and turn it off when not) (this feature uses the JavaScript's matchMedia method to install a listener for prefers-color-scheme).
  4. Supports "Calendar" and "Messages" services (as of version 0.5.0)

-- This extension is an independent open-source project and is not related to Google Inc in anyways.

User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Works as intended on some pages
  • Provides a dark theme for Google services
  • Some users recommended the extension
Cons
  • Doesn't work properly on many sites
  • Heavy on the browser and causes performance issues
  • Google Calendar functionality has broken
  • Links color feature is not functioning correctly
Most mentioned
  • Not working anymore
  • Doesn't work on most sites
  • Broken in Google Calendar
  • Desire for support in Gmail and Chrome Web Store
  • Struggles with functionality in Microsoft Edge
User reviews
It doesn't even work properly. I try to open and nothing happens.
by Armas, 2024-09-26

It works. However, there is no option to exclude the "myaccount.google.com" page, I'll be appreciated if you can add this feature
by Oleg Chulanovskyi, 2024-06-11

Excelente recomiendo la extensión!
by Мистер. Jrx, 2024-05-06
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Dark Theme for Google™ requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk likelihood

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