Compare Chrome extensions: Better Ruler vs Dark Reader

Stats Better Ruler Better Ruler Dark Reader Dark Reader
User count 20,000+ 5,000,000+
Average rating 4.75 4.70
Rating count 48 11,314
Last updated 2023-02-16 2024-04-15
Size 95.91K 726.02K
Version 1.3.12 4.9.83
Short description
A page ruler which can snaps around web elements for easier measurement. Provide convenience for front-end development and ui design Dark mode for every website. Take care of your eyes, use dark theme for night and daily browsing.
Full summary

A ruler which can snaps around web elements for easier measurement. Provide convenience for front-end development and ui design.

  • Click on the plugin icon to run the plugin. Click again to exit.
  • Hold down Alt/Option while moving the mouse to display the size of the element at the mouse position in real time. Hold down the left button and move, it will automatically snap to the edge of the element.
  • Double-click the current layer to enter the editing mode, in which the layer can be dragged and resized. Press Backspace to delete the current layer. Double-click on the layer again (or press Esc) to exit edit mode.
  • Press f(default, configurable) to show or hide the toolbar.
  • Press shift to show or hide the size.
  • You can use alt+z to activate/deactivate the plug-in. If it doesn't work, you can go to chrome://extensions/shortcuts to bind the key yourself. Or, After activating the plugin once, you can double-press z (default, configurable) to activate/deactivate the plug-in.
  • Go to chrome://extensions, find this plug-in and turn on allow access to file URL to take effect for local html files.

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!