# HN Dark Mode

> Adds a dark theme for Hacker news (news.ycombinator.com).

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/hn-dark-mode](https://chrome-stats.com/d/hn-dark-mode)

## Overview

- **ID:** `hn-dark-mode`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Innovative Computer Software
- **Category:** feeds-news-blogging
- **Daily users:** 49
- **Weekly downloads:** 1
- **Rating:** 4.25 / 5 (4 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.0.3
- **Last updated:** 2022-03-04
- **First published:** 2022-02-25
- **Size:** 175 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-12
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/hn-dark-mode/)
- **Website:** [https://icsusa.com/public/hndarkmode.html](https://icsusa.com/public/hndarkmode.html)

## Description

HN Dark Mode is a Firefox add-on that adds a dark theme to Hacker News. It can be configured to match your operating system's dark/light theme or be always on. This extension only runs on the Hacker News site and does not collect or transmit any of your browsing activity.

## Rankings

- #16,374 — Overall
- #55 — dark mode
- #109 — model
- #219 — hacker

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`

### Content script matches

- `news.ycombinator.com`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Low risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Low risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Injects scripts into web pages, which may alter or extract site contents, resulting in a substantial risk.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/hn-dark-mode)