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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

Reviews13,140Public review volume

Manifest versionV3Extension platform version

7-day growth0Net users gained this week

7-day growth rate0%Relative weekly velocity

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2026年7月17日2026年7月23日

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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 / reviews13,140Chrome 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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6275

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735

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400

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218

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372

Joyce2024年8月16日

Nice extension. Dark Mode Per Site works better because you can enable dark mode only on certain websites.

connor burke2024年8月16日

the only issue is that I cant see my scroll bar on the website royal road, there may be other sites ive gone on where i also cant see it but this is the key one. the first few sites I checked didnt have any issues. edit: I just found the site specific bit and was able to disable dark reader on just that site so problem solved I guess.

Ahmed2024年8月16日

does the job

Mr G2024年8月16日

Lately it crashes like hell.

Azhar Ali2024年8月15日

nice

Santeri N.2024年8月14日

Excellent!

David2024年8月13日

Nice extension. Dark Mode Per Site works better because you can enable dark mode only on certain websites.

An Nguyễn2024年8月13日

tắt đi khiểu j vậy

Radityo Muhamad2024年8月13日

works perfectly fine. doesnt make instagram stories UI looks negative like Dark Mode extension

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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