Dark Theme for Facebook™

A schedulable and customizable dark theme for facebook.com and messenger.com
What is Dark Theme for Facebook™?
Dark Theme for Facebook™ is a Chrome extension tailored to enhance user experience by providing a schedulable and customizable dark theme for facebook.com and messenger.com. It retains the original theme, while offering alteration of original colors for a native dark appearance. It also allows user style injection with custom CSS, adds schedule feature to auto control the theme and includes a single-click feature to easily toggle the theme on and off. Note: This theme associates with enhancing Facebook usage and is not related to Facebook.com. It's a free, open-source project.

Extension stats

Users: 3,000+
Rating: 4.53 (15)
Version: 0.2.0 (Last updated: 2022-05-11)
Creation date: 2018-10-02
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 3
Permissions:
  • storage
  • alarms
  • idle
Size: 55.82K

Other platforms

Dark Theme for Facebook™ (v0.1.1)
3.88 (42) 720
Not available on Edge
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Extension summary

This extension provides a native dark theme for both facebook.com and messenger.com. It applies the native coloring by altering the original colors to bring a dark appearance.

This theme is customizable from the options page. Also, the user can inject custom CSS styles into these websites to improve the styling and make it more personalized. You can turn the dark theme on and off from the toolbar button (action button). Also, it is possible to set a schedule (e.g., night-time duration only) to automatically turn the extension on and off.

Features:

  1. Uses the original theme
  2. Does not invert colors
  3. Supports single-click on and off feature
  4. Supports schedule on and off
  5. Does not mess up the original theme
  6. Supports user styling

-- Note that this theme is only meant to improve Facebook usage and has nothing to do with Faebook.com. It is a free, open-source project.

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 Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.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 and does not read your browser history like other skins do.
  • Simple, clean, goodlooking.
  • Colours the chat windows properly, avoiding vanishing text.
Cons
  • Causes Chrome to refresh twice when opening a page.
  • Comment chat and like buttons still appear white.
  • Chat windows are not dark anymore after recent updates.
  • Extension seems to be unavailable on GitHub.
Most mentioned
  • Needs settings export/import option.
  • Chat windows are not dark anymore.
  • Works great.
Recent reviews
Needs settings export/import option.
by Glendale Walter, 2022-12-25

This extension was causing Chrome to refresh twice every time I opened a page. It was annoying the hell out of me and I couldnt work out which extension was causing it. Through trail and error I narrowed it down to Dark Theme for Facebook. After removing it everythign went back to normal.
by Seychellian, 2020-07-06

Comment Chat And Like etc still white but overall is awesome i hope you fix this
by Hasyidan Paramananda, 2020-04-02
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Dark Theme for Facebook™ requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

Dark Theme for Facebook™ has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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