# Dark Ritual (dark theme)

> Ultra lightweight dark theme, very efficient and CPU-friendly

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/dark-ritual-dark-theme](https://chrome-stats.com/d/dark-ritual-dark-theme)

## Overview

- **ID:** `dark-ritual-dark-theme`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** xaviesteve
- **Category:** appearance
- **Daily users:** 6
- **Weekly downloads:** 2
- **Version:** 1.1.0
- **Last updated:** 2026-03-22
- **First published:** 2026-03-14
- **Size:** 27 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-09
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/dark-ritual-dark-theme/)
- **Website:** [https://xaviesteve.com](https://xaviesteve.com/)

## Description

Dark Ritual is an ultra lightweight Firefox dark mode add-on that applies a site-wide dark theme that is very efficient and uses very few smart styling rules. It lets you control background color, text color, image/media brightness, and an optional daily schedule.

I built it because Dark Reader was giving me performance issues in an old laptop and because I don't need so many features while also making a lot of calculations when the only thing I need is to comfortably look at the screen at night, I don't need the dark theme to be perfect at the cost of slowness and battery drain on my laptop.

Features
<ul><li>Minimal stylesheet changes to reduce CPU usage</li><li>Fast dark-mode injection to reduce white flashes on navigation</li><li>Customizable background and text colors</li><li>Adjustable image/media brightness for darkened pages</li><li>Optional time-based activation with overnight schedule support</li><li>Instant updates across open tabs after changing settings</li><li>Visible keyboard focus styling for accessibility</li><li>Lightweight packaged assets and optimized add-on icons</li></ul>
Functionality

Dark Ritual works by injecting a global stylesheet into pages and keeping that stylesheet in sync with your saved preferences. A background script maintains startup styling for active sessions, while the popup lets you enable or disable the add-on, choose colors, adjust media brightness, and configure an automatic schedule.

Settings are stored locally in Firefox. The add-on does not declare any data collection.

Permissions
<ul><li><code>storage</code>: stores your preferences locally</li><li><code>alarms</code>: checks schedule transitions once per minute</li><li><code>tabs</code>: broadcasts updated settings to open tabs so changes apply immediately</li></ul>

## Rankings

- #41,193 — Overall
- #157 — laptop

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`
- `alarms`
- `tabs`

### Content script matches

- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** High risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/dark-ritual-dark-theme)