Darker Medium

Read Medium stories with happy eyes
What is Darker Medium?
"Darker Medium" is a smart Chrome extension that effortlessly transforms the look of all Medium formatted stories to a comfortable dark theme. The extension allows customizable options including the header background, main accent and highlighting colors, and link color. It even hides the nondescript 'get updates' footer. Plus, the added benefit of syntax highlighting to codes and styled embedded gists, making it not just reader-friendly but developer-friendly as well. No need for complex setup – it's an install, customize and forget tool.

Extension stats

By: Mottie
Users: 737 ▼ -17
Rating: 4.20 (20)
Version: 1.4.0 (Last updated: 2018-11-13)
Creation date: 2018-11-13
Risk impact: High risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • storage
  • tabs
  • <all_urls>
Size: 48.28K

Other platforms

Darker Medium (v1.4.1resigned1)
4.25 (12) 41
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Extension summary

Read Medium stories with happy eyes.

  • Applies a customizable dark theme to all medium formatted stories.
  • Customize:
    • Header background.
    • Main Accent color.
    • Highlighting color.
    • Link color, hover and underline.
    • Hiding the "get updates" footer.
  • Adds syntax highlighting to code and styles embedded gists (https://gist.github.com/).
  • Medium story sites are automatically detected and styled.
  • The advantage of using this extension over Stylus or Stylish is that you install it, customize it and forget about it.

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 Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.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 great for the main Medium page
  • Helpful for night reading
  • Simple and effective design
  • Very good extension overall
  • Similar functionality to the Android app
Cons
  • Does not apply to article pages
  • Inconsistent functionality on different pages
  • Does not work on the Stories page
  • Some users report it has stopped working recently
Most mentioned
  • Works only for the main page
  • Great for night reading
  • Issues with article display
  • One of the best extensions available
  • Praise for the execution by the developer
Recent reviews
On my browser it works only for the main page https://medium.com/ . Any article is displayed in standard Medium white theme.
by Andrea Avesani, 2020-01-27

Hasta hace unos días perfecto, ahora ha dejado de funcionar cuando entras a un articulo en concreto.
by Raúl, 2019-07-11

Perfect extension for medium. Works without any hassle.
by Shubhral Agrawal, 2019-07-02
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Extension safety

Risk impact

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

Risk likelihood

Darker Medium has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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