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+
Rating: 4.49 (660)
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) 103
Night Shift (v1.0)
4.30 (25) 6,892+
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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 colors and modes
  • Convenient one-click night mode switch
  • Works well with various website formats, including tables
  • Whitelist functionality for specific sites
  • Users appreciate the user-friendly design
Cons
  • Issues with full-screen functionality on platforms like YouTube
  • Problems saving website addresses in the whitelist
  • Inconsistent performance, including flashing white on page change
  • Not working well with the latest version of MS Edge
  • Confusing design with certain scheduling features
Most mentioned
  • Broken or not working issues
  • Customization options (hex/RGB input requests)
  • Whitelisting functionality problems
  • Appreciation for its effectiveness and user interface
  • Conflicts with antivirus software detecting it as a threat
Recent reviews
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

Nice! Very useful.
by Wu Jiang, 2024-07-09

it used to work on full screen but now it does not, so you cannot watch full screen youtube or anything with it
by Cloe Corpse, 2024-06-23
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Night Shift may not be safe to use and it requires some risky permissions. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing.

Risk likelihood

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

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