Dark Reader for Chrome

A classic Dark theme for every website. Switch any web pages to dark mode or night shift mode in one click.

Dark Reader for Chrome: A Classic Dark Theme for All Sites

Dark Reader for Chrome is an extension designed to provide a dark theme or a night shift mode to all websites. It inverts bright colors to high contrast for easy reading at night. In addition, Dark Reader offers options for brightness, contrast, and saturation adjustments that cater to the user's visual comfort. Whether it's social media, mainstream sites, or newer ones, Dark Reader will automatically apply the selected theme across all, making browsing easier on the eyes.
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Extension stats

By: Dark dev.
Users: 10,000+
Rating: 4.43
(35)
Version: 1.0.8 (Last updated: 2024-06-18)
Creation date: 2021-11-12
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood:
Manifest version: 3
Permissions:
  • storage
  • unlimitedStorage
  • scripting
  • activeTab
  • alarms
Size: 61.69K

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Extension summary

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Dark Reader - Dark Mode and Night Shift is a fast, lite and simple extension that automatically turns the colors of your browser content to warmer or darker.

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.

What will you get from Dark Mode extension:

  1. An easy way to create dark mode on every website. In addition, you can customize your dark theme visual from Brightness, Contrast, to Saturation.
  2. A night shift mode which changes the website's color to warmer, making it much more pleasing to watch. You can choose to use either dark theme or night shift mode, or both.

Turning on reading mode protect your eyes from reading for hours.

You can manually choose the shift from color presets, to pick up the most comfortable and calm atmosphere for your eyes during the night sessions or thru the all day long.

Social networks, mainstream sites, and all other new tabs will be in dark mode with Dark Theme extension. No needs to open every website settings one by one - just one add-on makes every website in dark mode.

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User reviews

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Pros
  • Easy on the eyes
  • Works as intended for most websites
  • Preserves colors of embedded images
  • Lightweight and simple to use
  • Great for night time reading
Cons
  • Inversion issues on some websites
  • Reading mode is considered useless by multiple users
  • Does not work well with Google websites
  • Some pages remain white and not fully darkened
  • Lack of one-click toggle for enabling/disabling
Most mentioned
  • Dark mode functionality
  • Inversion of colors/images
  • Problems with reading mode
  • Issues on specific websites like Google Calendar
User reviews
by Jochen Hammel, 2024-11-18

Thank you xd
by Josué Cejas, 2024-10-29

by Jonathan Barouch, 2024-10-02
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Dark Reader for Chrome requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

Dark Reader for Chrome has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.

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