Owl - Dark Background

Owl makes your online experience comfortable by changing the theme of webpages to a soothing dark theme with light text. Complete with site-wise settings, multiple themes and great customizability, Owl tried to minimize the strain on your eyes.

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Owl is a Chrome extension designed to enhance your online reading experience by applying a dark background with light text to all webpages. Ideal for users who spend extended periods in front of screens, Owl minimizes eye strain by replacing bright, harsh backgrounds with night-friendly themes.

Key features include site-wise settings, two distinct themes (Classic and Inversion), syntax highlighting for code snippets, and a quick toggle using Shift + Alt + D. Users can disable Owl on selected websites or have it start automatically with the browser. Open source and customizable, Owl provides an easy and comfortable way to browse the web without the glare of white backgrounds.

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Daily users:

1,321+ 15

Rating:

4.02

(121)

Version:

2.2.8 Last updated: 2021-05-15

Version code:

5232422

Creation date:

2015-06-23

Risk:

Permissions:

*://*/*
storage
activeTab
tabs

Size:

195.80K

Email:

de*****@sidhant.io

URLs:

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Full description:

Source:

Firefox Browser Add-ons

Updated:

a day ago

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# 2,668 ▼ 14

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#49 in group keyword 20

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User reviews

Pros

Makes browsing at night more comfortable by providing a dark mode effect
Provides an option in the address bar to enable dark mode for specific sites
Gentle on the eyes compared to other dark themes like DarkReader

Cons

Does not interact well with sites that have native dark modes, displaying them incorrectly
Issues with specific sites like YouTube and Facebook, including color inversions and instability
Static settings page with no interactive elements for managing preferences

Recent reviews

by 天灭中共退党团队保平安, 2025-03-29

by 退出党团队远离中共恶魔, 2025-03-01

The application works. But all sites that correctly recognize the system theme start to be displayed in a light theme when the extension is enabled. Of course, it would be better to analyze the dominant color of the page after it is loaded, and enable or disable the extension for this site. But black and white lists would be enough. However, the extension settings page with the sections "Disable Owl On These Websites", "Use Classic Theme On These Websites" and "Always Enable Owl On These Websites" is not available for editing, and is a static page without interactive elements. Mozilla Firefox 132.0 (64-bit).

by Korwin, 2024-10-24

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Extension safety

Risk impact

Owl - Dark Background requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

Critical Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
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Risk likelihood

Owl - Dark Background is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this add-on.

Risk likelihood analysis details

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