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Dark Reader

Dark mode for every website. Take care of your eyes, use dark theme for night and daily browsing.

Users6MCurrent public install base

Rating4.7Store average score

Reviews13,147Public review volume

Manifest versionV3Extension platform version

7-day growth0Net users gained this week

7-day growth rate0%Relative weekly velocity

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Version4.9.121

ManifestV3

Size801KiB

Languages39Deutsch / English / English (United Kingdom) +36

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Overview

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This eye-care extension enables night mode by creating dark themes for websites on the fly. Dark Reader inverts bright colours to make web pages high contrast and easier to read.

Adjust brightness, contrast, the sepia filter, font preferences. Enable dark mode on every web page or give websites a sepia tone. Enable or disable Dark Reader for specific websites, automatically sync with system dark mode, or detect already dark websites and leave them unchanged.

This is the original Dark Reader extension. Since 2014, we continuously evolve alongside modern web technologies to deliver fast and reliable dark mode support for people sensitive to bright light.

By installing the extension you agree to these terms of use https://darkreader.org/terms/

Please disable similar extensions to avoid conflicts. Enjoy browsing!

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Store average score4.7Chrome Web Store aggregate rating, including ratings without synced review text

Synced text average4.5Average computed only from synced review bodies below

Reviews with text8,000Synced review bodies

Total ratings / reviews13,147Chrome Web Store public rating/review count

Store average score: 4.7. The bars below are calculated from synced review text only, so they may be empty for extensions that have public ratings but no synced comments yet.

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Landis Reed (LandisTwo)2023年11月17日

i used to write global 'stylish' styles, then sites started getting more 'fancy' and required their own style. this resulted in 100+ stylish styles, then stylish got 'woke' and became garbage, switched to Stylus. found Dark Reader a couple of years ago and just realized DR does such a good job, i no longer need Stylus. this extension Works and the colors are VGood.

Iftikharuddin Ibn Elias (Iftiii)2023年11月17日

it is INSANE HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

Jose Cartagena2023年11月16日

Thank the Gods , fianlly my eyes dont have strain while on my laptop. Where have you been all my life .

Henry Bryant2023年11月16日

i can't get it to work on certain websites :(

Marek Kozłowski2023年11月15日

Długo wszystko było supcio później przestał działać Slack na Chrome gdy rozszerzenie było włączone. Pomogło włączenie wykrywania natywnie istniejącego ciemnego motywu na stronkach.

L H2023年11月14日

超級好用，而且還可以自行調整亮度，推薦喜歡暗色調背景的人裝

Daniel Abrantes2023年11月14日

This extension is one of the best in my opinion. It had been a real help and it works for almost any site too. I definitely recommend it.

Bruno Filho2023年11月13日

Há 2 anos usando essa maravilha, vida longa ao Dark Reader!

Dominik Zakrzewski2023年11月13日

An all-time must have addon. Dear Creators, be forever blessed!

AI product read

Enables dark mode on every website by dynamically generating dark themes in real-time

Reduces eye strain and fatigue caused by bright white websites during night browsing or for light-sensitive users

Install extension → it automatically applies dark themes to all websites → user can toggle on/off via popup or keyboard shortcut → adjust brightness/contrast/sepia settings → optionally disable for specific sites → settings sync via chrome.storage

Target users: Night-time web browsers / Users with light sensitivity or eye strain / Accessibility-focused users / Developers and power users who prefer dark interfaces

Cannot inspect darkreader.org/support-us/ donation page to confirm it's purely voluntary and not a paywall
Cannot verify that 'Dark Reader Plus' (mentioned in some locale descriptions) is truly a separate product and not an upsell tier within this extension

Monetization

No paid features detected

The extension itself is completely free with no feature gating, subscription, or payment processing. A voluntary 'Donate' button links to darkreader.org/support-us/ (ui/popup/index.js:1702, 6254-6275). The 'pay_for_using' message (line 152-153 in en/messages.json: 'Pay for using Dark Reader') is a voluntary donation prompt, not a paywall. No premium/pro tier exists within this extension. Some locale files (ja, ko) mention 'Dark Reader Plus' as a separate paid mobile product with premium UI themes, but that is a distinct external product, not a feature of this browser extension. No Stripe, billing API, license check, or subscription logic exists in the codebase.

Confidence: 95
Payment platform: --
Source: AI / High
Login required: No
Reason: No login, authentication, or account creation is needed. The extension operates entirely locally using chrome.storage for settings persistence. The 'login' keyword hits in source are false positives: 'logInfo' (debug logging at background/index.js:3549) and CSS 'token' parsing functions (background/index.js:1080-1886). The 'session' hit is sessionStorage for local UI state (inject/fallback.js:7). No account management, OAuth, or credentials flow exists in the codebase.

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扩展能力较强：scripting、storage
主机权限覆盖范围较宽

Publisher

Alexander Shutau

Email: [email protected]
Phone: +447496436953
Address: 34-35 Hatton Garden Suite 746 Unit 3A London EC1N 8DX GB

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