Night Shift

Night Shift automatically shifts the colors of your browser content to the warmer end of the color spectrum after dark.
What is Night Shift?
'Night Shift' is a Chrome extension developed to protect users' eyes during night time browsing. The extension automatically changes the colors of your browser content to warmer, eye-friendly shades after dark. Users can choose from three scheduling options: Sunset to Sunrise, Manual, or Custom. With Night Shift, users no longer have to strain their eyes while browsing at night, and can enjoy the experience of browsing with warmer, gentler colors.

Extension stats

Users: 200,000+
Version: 1.1.2 (Last updated: 2024-03-22)
Creation date: 2020-07-08
Risk impact: Moderate risk impact
Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 3
Permissions:
  • storage
  • scripting
Host permissions:
  • <all_urls>
Size: 165.89K

Other platforms

Night Shift Pro (v0.2.3resigned1)
4.13 (24) 117
Night Shift (v1.0)
4.30 (25) 6,699+
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Extension summary

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Night Shift automatically shifts the colors of your browser content to the warmer end of the color spectrum after dark.

⚡ You need to refresh all the tabs, which were opened BEFORE the Night Shift was installed. You can also restart Chrome to refresh all the tabs at once. Otherwise, Night Shift will work only with the newly opened tabs.

⚡In accordance with the Chrome Browser policies, Night Shift is restricted to work on the Chrome Web Store and Home Page. Please open any other website (for example, YouTube) after installing this extension and check the extension in action.

Night Shift provides itself on a scheduled basis, you can choose from 3 options:

  1. Sunset to Sunrise (Chrome colors will be shaded every day automatically on Sunset).
  2. Off (manually enable the Night Shift to shade the screen)
  3. Custom (set up your own schedule to start up and finish display color adjustments)

Take care of your eyes. Change screen brightness to special eye-protective colors from the list or to a color that you prefer. Night shift changes the colors of the screen to warm and eye-protective shades. You can set automatically change screen mode by schedule or select a color theme for a certain website.

Working on a computer a night time may take affect your eyes. Night Shift Mode is a good opportunity to reduce screen brightening to take care of your eyes. Dark Mode isn't suitable for all websites, so applying warm colors to all websites will be the best alternative for screen tinting.

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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
  • Highly customizable with a variety of color options
  • Can switch to night mode with one click
  • Works well with many websites, adjusting for those set up with tables
Cons
  • Frequent issues with functionality, especially after updates
  • Inconsistent performance with other browsers, particularly MS Edge
  • Page flashing white when navigating or clicking links
Most mentioned
  • Dark mode stops working or is inconsistent
  • Compatibility issues with certain browsers
  • Desire for additional features like hex/rgb input and custom scheduling
Recent reviews
好用,如果增加一个“选择时间范围”能自动更改颜色更好了
by James Zhang, 2024-11-04

by Valerio Romano, 2024-09-25

真的好用很多顏色可選,還能自己配色,而且還能添加白名單,看youtube之類的也不會影響到,就是不知怎麼一直被ESET偵測成病毒,載crx安裝也是一解壓就被當病毒刪掉,感覺應該是誤判,畢竟他把我一堆擴充搞得不能用要重裝
by 無無, 2024-07-25
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Night Shift requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk likelihood

Night Shift has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.

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