Dark Reader

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

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Dark Reader - Dark Mode for Every Website

"Dark Reader" is a Chrome extension designed to enable a dark theme for any website. It inverts bright colors to high contrast, aiding readability at night. Users can customize settings such as brightness, contrast, sepia filter, and font. The extension is free of ads and does not share user data. It’s fully open-source, with its code available for review at its GitHub page. Users are sometimes encouraged to support the app through donations.

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Extension stats

By: https://darkreader.org

Users: 6,000,000+

Rating: 4.69

(12,049)

16 new ratings

Version: 4.9.96 (Last updated: 2024-10-30)

Creation date: 2020-06-29

Risk impact: Moderate risk impact

Risk likelihood:

Very low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 3

Permissions:

alarms
fontSettings
scripting
storage

Host permissions:

*://*/*

Size: 780.29K

Email: da*****@gmail.com

URLs: Website ,Privacy policy

Ranking

# 67

Other rankings

#2 in Accessibility ▲ 1

#9 in Editors' Picks extensions

#12 in Darken your browser

#1 in dark keyword 87

#4 in reader keyword 84

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Other platforms

Not available on Android

Dark Reader (v4.9.99)

4.51

(6,133) 1,263,284+

Dark Reader (v4.9.96)

4.60

(1,223) 2,705,461+

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Extension summary

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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.

You can adjust the brightness, contrast, sepia filter, dark mode, font settings and the ignore-list.

We may ask you to support the development of the app with a donation. You may see news about Dark Reader in the settings popup. There are Developer Tools for experienced users.

Dark Reader doesn't show ads and doesn't send users' data anywhere. It's fully open-source: https://github.com/darkreader/darkreader

Before you install it, disable similar extensions. Enjoy watching!

User reviews

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Pros

Effectively reduces brightness on web pages, making them easier on the eyes.
Highly customizable with numerous settings for dark mode and fonts.
Many users find it to be the best dark mode extension available.
Compatible with a wide variety of websites, maintaining good legibility and color quality.

Cons

Recent updates have caused lagging and slow performance in browsers.
Some users report issues with the extension conflicting with dark and light themes on certain websites.
Certain users have experienced a paywall upon installation that wasn't clearly mentioned beforehand.

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