Sauron - Dark mode for all websites

Beautiful dark mode for all websites. Protect your eyes when you surf in dark enviroments.

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Sauron is a versatile Chrome extension that transforms any website into a comfortable dark mode environment, ideal for protecting your eyes during late-night browsing or work. With intelligent dark mode technology, it preserves the original design aesthetics while reducing brightness, including an image filter for large images. Key features include a whitelist and blacklist to customize where dark mode applies, a scheduler to automate dark mode based on time of day, and fast, optimized performance ensuring smooth browsing without delays.

The extension emphasizes user convenience by eliminating white flashes and supporting complex websites such as online word processors. Recent updates include fixes for image inversion, support for locally hosted webpages, and improvements to icon visibility. Note that to avoid conflicts, users should disable websites' native dark modes. Sauron requires access to all sites solely for modification purposes and does not collect any user data, prioritizing privacy and usability.

By:: Rishabh Maheshwari
Users:: 2,000+
Rating:: 4.30

(60)
Version:: 1.3.4.3 (Last updated: 2021-02-19)
Creation date:: 2020-04-07
Risk:: Low risk impact Low risk likelihood
Permissions:: activeTab
storage
Size:: 344.06K
Email:: ma*****@protonmail.com
Full description:: See detailed description
Source:: Chrome Web Store
Updated:: 16 hours ago

Ranking

# 18,096 ▲ 176

Other rankings

#147 in Accessibility ▲ 1 #45 in dark mode keyword 80 ▲ 1 #63 in dark keyword 78 ▲ 1 #111 in night mode keyword 64 #136 in prevent keyword 30 ▲ 5

Other platforms

Sauron - Dark mode for all websites (v1.3.4.3)

607 4.54

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Sauron - Dark mode for all websites (v1.3.4.3)

6,042+ 4.50

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User reviews

Sauron is praised for effectively applying dark mode across many websites without inverting images, enhancing focus and reducing eye strain. It works well with complex sites and improves browsing performance compared to competitors. However, users find the configuration panel confusing, and the dark mode implementation can be inconsistent, occasionally leaving white patches or causing issues on certain sites. Some text elements remain hard to read, and controls like whitelisting and disabling don't always function smoothly, requiring workarounds such as page reloads or disabling the extension.

Pros

Effectively applies dark mode to most websites, improving readability and reducing eye strain.
Does not invert images, preserving original colors except for dimming to reduce glare.
Supports whitelisting of websites to exclude from dark mode, albeit with some usability concerns.
Works well on complex platforms like Gmail emails, Salesforce, and company intranet systems.
Improves browsing speed compared to other dark mode extensions, such as Dark Reader.

Cons

Configuration panel is confusing and unclear, making settings difficult to understand and use.
Dark mode sometimes inconsistently applied, with white patches or partial implementation on some sites.
Issues with specific sites: Google Translate light areas, inaccessible fields on mega.nz, and color issues on Facebook likes/dislikes and Google Slides.
Some UI elements have poor contrast or unreadable text (e.g. search bars on Google Play, eBay, Facebook).
Whitelisting and disabling extension features sometimes do not work as expected, requiring page reloads or extension disablement to revert changes.

Recent reviews

*The config panel is a nightmare: For almost every configuration setting, it is not clear at all what it does.* For example, you can switch between these settings: Website Toggle: ON / OFF If you switch between ON / OFF, the Website reloads, but the page still always has DarkMode active. It's the same for all other settings: it is not clear, what they are doing.

Tom Schi, 2024-03-21

THIS IS AMAZING! I can focus much better when everything is in dark mode. I also like the fact that it changes the colors of different things like fonts to be colors like gray and shades of blue, this is by far the best dark mode app 10 stars!

Ezra, 2023-12-18

Could be just me, but recently when in dark mode, the feature doesn't stay that way for long like it used to. So, whenever I click on a new page, there's this "quick flicker" thing that happens right before it settles into dark mode. If you're not too sensitive about it, then this really doesn't concern you, but for me it does since I'm online all day.

Mickey, 2023-12-06

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Extension safety

Risk impact

Sauron - Dark mode for all websites requires very minimum permissions.

Risk impact analysis details

High Injects scripts into web pages, which may alter or extract site contents, resulting in a substantial risk.

Risk likelihood

Sauron - Dark mode for all websites has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

Risk likelihood analysis details

High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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