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

(12,097)

12 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

# 65 ▲ 3

Other rankings

#2 in Accessibility ▼ 1

#8 in Editors' Picks extensions ▲ 1

#9 in Darken your browser ▲ 3

#1 in dark keyword 54

#5 in reader keyword 71 ▼ 1

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Other platforms

Not available on Android

Dark Reader (v4.9.99)

4.51

(6,221) 1,269,243+

Dark Reader (v4.9.96)

4.60

(1,233) 2,608,854+

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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

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

Makes viewing on screens more comfortable with dark mode
Can customize settings for different websites
Generally works well on most sites
Helps reduce eye strain
Offers an option to align with system dark mode

Cons

Performance issues leading to slower browser
Extension often requires manual activation for each page
Bugginess and instability in recent updates
Premium features may have led to decreased functionality of the free version
CSS editing not functioning correctly after updates

Most mentioned

Performance issues and bugginess of the extension
Manual activation needed on each page
Customization options for different websites
Impact of premium features on the free version
Dark mode effectiveness for reducing eye strain

User reviews

Автоматизация по времени (включение/отключение) не работает

Валерия Устинова, 2025-01-21

The colors are exactly what I want. This has been my go-to for years and years. Mixed feelings about the image color modification. Works great when it's appropriate. And then your picture of your uncle on the boat suddenly turns purple. Sadly Google just cant stop changing things and this mod is not staffed enough to keep up. Don't even attempt to use it on Google Cloud Platform - it WILL eventually come to a crashing halt. This wasn't an issue when you could disable updates, and let Dark catch up. But now that Google !important all of their CSS server end it feels there's only one thing left to do and why I'm here: Download the source code for myself and force my own !important CSS modifications to google domains. Honestly if Google keeps rolling hard on my features like they are trying to replace facebook and tiktok I may have to take more anti-google measures.