Dark Reader

Name: Dark Reader
Rating: 4.4932 (6829 reviews)
Author: Dark Reader Ltd

By: Dark Reader Ltd

Dark mode for every website. Take care of your eyes, use dark theme for night and daily browsing.

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Features & Capabilities

Dark Reader is an eye-care Chrome extension designed to provide dark mode for every website you visit. It creates dark themes on the fly by inverting bright colors, enhancing contrast for easier nighttime reading. Users can personalize their experience by adjusting brightness, contrast, sepia filters, font settings, and managing an ignore list for specific sites.

This open-source tool prioritizes user privacy by refraining from displaying ads or sending any data. It supports comfortable browsing in low-light conditions, ensuring less eye strain during daily or nighttime use. To optimize performance, users are advised to disable similar extensions before installation. Dark Reader offers an elegant, customizable dark mode solution for all web content.

User Growth & Download Statistics

Add-on Accessibility Privacy & Security

By:

Dark Reader Ltd

Daily users:

1,289,325 2.34K

Rating:

4.49

(6,829) 5 new ratings

Version:

4.9.125 Last updated: 2026-05-06

Version code:

6239086

Creation date:

2017-09-19

Risk:

Permissions:

alarms
contextMenus
storage
tabs
theme
<all_urls>

Content scripts matches:

<all_urls>

Size:

818.08KB

Email:

da*****@gmail.com

URLs:

Website ,Privacy policy

Full description:

Source:

Firefox Add-ons Store

Data ingested on:

2026-06-03

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 11

Other rankings

#1 in Appearance

#1 in Other extensions

#1 in Web Development

#1 in header keyword 40

#1 in reader keyword 75

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Other platforms

Dark Reader (v4.9.125)

7,000,000 4.67

(13,063)

Dark Reader (v4.9.125)

2,693,562 4.60

(1,341)

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Developed by:

Dark Reader Ltd

Firefox Add-ons Store

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/darkreader/

Email:

da*****@gmail.com

Website:

https://github.com/darkreader/darkreader

User Reviews

User feedback on Dark Reader is mixed but leans positive: it generally provides effective dark-mode with customizable options and aids accessibility. Users cite easy-to-tailor visuals and improved readability. However, several reviews report performance downsides, including browser slowdowns and conflicts with other extensions. Some sites (e.g., Google Docs) may exhibit image inversion issues, and onboarding can be confusing for new users. Overall, the add-on delivers a useful dark-mode experience for many, but reliability and compatibility concerns mean results vary by site, device, and setup.

Pros

Works well as a dark-mode solution, with reviewers noting the pages are effectively darkened.
Accessibility-friendly features, including high-contrast options that help users sensitive to bright sites.
Customizable appearance options (brightness, contrast, sepia) to tailor the look.
Some reviewers report that it improves Firefox performance.

Cons

Notable performance slowdown and heavy resource usage on some setups, affecting browsing and possibly other extensions.

Recent reviews

The best dark mode add-on there is and nothing else comes close, visually it's brilliant! it dynamically and intelligently changes any page to look great depending on the different sites. I haven't seen one site that looks bad with it. The only problem is the performance hit on certain sites where it causes some slow downs, But it's so good that I don't really mind it that much.

by VO*****, 2026-06-02

by JV*****, 2026-06-01

Àss vezes deixa o Firefox lento, ou trava. O próprio Firefox avisa para parar a extensão.

by Sé*****, 2026-06-01

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Is Dark Reader Safe?

Risk impact

Risk impact measures the level of extra permissions an extension has access to. A low risk impact extension cannot do much harms, whereas a high risk impact extension can do a lot of damage like stealing your password, bypassing your security settings, and accessing your personal data. High risk impact extensions are not necessarily malicious. However, if they do turn malicious, they can be very harmful.

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

Risk impact analysis details

Critical Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
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Risk likelihood

Risk likelihood measures the probability that a Firefox add-on may turn malicious. This is determined by the publisher and the Firefox add-on reputation on Firefox Add-ons Store, the amount of time the Firefox add-on has been around, and other signals about the Firefox add-on. Our algorithms are not perfect, and are subject to change as we discover new ways to detect malicious extensions. We recommend that you always exercise caution when installing a Firefox add-on.

Dark Reader has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.

Risk likelihood analysis details

High This extension was recently updated in the past month. New updates may not be stable or safe.
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