Dark Night Mode is a Free Open Source Software which makes all the websites you browse into dark/night mode so that you can browse the internet without straining your eyes. It is an extremely useful chrome extension for those who use internet especially at night.
We use a unique algorithm to apply dark mode to all the websites in real-time as you browse. It basically detects the color of each element of a website and intelligently converts it to a darker shade. Bright colors are darkened at more intensity than dark colors so that most of the colors are preserved. Unlike other similar extensions, we do NOT invert the colors, so black websites will not change its color into white. An added benefit is that the images will also not be distorted! I think we were hit by the one-star-bot-ratings because we were the only extension to have this intelligent-algorithm. Now, after this extension became popular, one another super famous extension have copied this feature of ours.
We have also put immense effort in eliminating the flashes of bright white screen while loading different websites. It was a challenging task due to the limitations of chrome, but we were able to eliminate this problem with 99.9% success rate.
Using the brightness slider, you can adjust the brightness of your browser beyond what your computer’s brightness adjuster allows. This is useful in dimming the brightness to your likening. For example, by default the images are shown with normal color, but you can darken it by sliding down the brightness slider.
There is also an Auto mode which will automatically turn on the Dark Mode at night 8:00PM and will turn off at morning 6:00AM. It was complicated to develop an option to customize this timing, but we are working on it and may add this option in the future versions.
There is also Whitelist feature which can be helpful if you do not want the dark mode to work on certain websites.
Since this extension will darken all the websites you visit at night, you will initially not enjoy it due to the huge change in your routine. However, our internal studies have shown that people start getting used to it after about three weeks of use. Some people have claimed that this extension helps them sleep better while some others have said that it helped them reduce the burning sensation in their eyes caused by extensive browsing of the internet in the dark.
This plugin is NOT 100% perfect. It never will be perfect because many websites are developed in a non-standard fashion and there is no easy way to detect a site and perfectly change its colors in real time withing milli-seconds so that the user do not see the bright colors. It is a double edged sword – If we add more conditions to make the algorithm smarter, then it will affect the processing speed and the user will see flashes of white light, so we had to make some choices to get an optimal balance.
If you want your browser window to also look black similar to how it is shown in the screenshots, then you must install a Dark Chrome theme as well. We suggest to search “Morpheon Dark Theme” and install it in google chrome.
It took us – two developers two whole months of full time developmental efforts to conceptualize, design, code, test, calibrate and deploy this extension. We had initially started it as a side project aiming to make it in couple of days, but it ended up taking significantly more time than expected! We hope you enjoy it.
by far the best night mode extension i’ve encountered. sometimes certain images will not load/be greyed out, but it’s really not too bad. mostly just like the occasional magnifying glass on a search bar. it does a really good job of maintaining the appearance of a website rather than just putting everything on a plain dark background.
Kill most of website elements, aggressively and unwisely change colors and layout(???).
I just want a darker page, thats all …and i got it
I’m not sure how to rate this. Over a month ago I noticed that sites I visit frequently suddenly all were getting black backgrounds, ugly white borders around objects, and becoming generally too ugly to use. Eventually I tracked it down to the Microsoft profile I was using in Edge (Chromium). And today I realized that the culprit was this extension.
I have since discovered that the extension can easily be turned on and off on a page-by-page basis using the icon in the toolbar at the top of the window. So that’s good. And it’s user error that I didn’t realize that (a) I had the extension installed and (b) that I didn’t know how to use it. My bad there.
But now that I know, I still think I’m going to delete. Dark mode is not easy. I see others here who’ve had positive results and I’m happy for them. But CSS (what this extension must be adjusting behind the scene) is HARD and in my experience, this extension had a very unattractive effect on sites that I like (e.g. reddit). Not worth it. Edge has a dark mode option itself, but the best option is for the particular site to have created a dark mode version.
So one thumb sideways from me.
White web pages strain my eyes. I’ve tried many and more of the various extensions and even a couple of wholly separate browsers just trying to find one that a) turns white web pages dark/black while having an option to mark a site as unnecessary to darken, and b) that doesn’t screw up colors in things that aren’t text or background i.e. images. This one works, and well. I believe it is still a young extension and, as a result, can’t correct every site in existence at this time, but it does what it should where it does work, and hopefully they get the recognition and funding needed to never go away.
Dear devs: good work, good luck, keep it up. Looking forward to sending some aid to your patreon or whatever
Really helps, I always have my PC on the lowest level of brightness and most websites are still bright to me (even with the “Night Light” on). This is really a game changer.
Only thing I could wish for here (still going 5-stars) is that the active Tab were more quickly distinguishable from the others – the font’s color variation doesn’t contrast enough from the other tabs. Other than that, loving it.
Just got it. Loving it so far. works well even on non popoular sites and doesn’t block images
This is a very clever dark mode and it works 99% of the time. if has all kinds of clever features such as being able to whitelist the rare website where it doesn’t work. it is very clever and out of all the extensions i found for dark mode this one stuck out the most. this is a *must have* for pc users
YES!!! 100% what i was looking for!!!!!
it works great! even on websites like mixdrop, unlike other apps that would mess up those types of websites!
misssss
Didn’t turn out as I expected it.
Very good app. Recommend it.
So far, so good. This is working to make pages I use regularly, like Docs and Pinterest, dark without breaking them. God bless you for saving my eyes while I’m writing the next great masterpiece.
It would be better if auto-mode schedule is customizable
Its a good dark mode but for me it sometimes shows the borders around the links. I don’t know if it is intentional but it does bother me a little
I gotta say, this is pretty incredible. Woowee I recommend! give it a try friendos!
my eyeballs are huge fans – this is the best auto dark theme out there, the algorithm that handles the contrast is super smart and well designed – it doesn’t just darken the background and make the text lighter, it enhances the existing site – its easy to use and unobtrusive and doesn’t prompt you for money
This is the best one out there
Works fantastic. Only site I encounter problems is whatsapp.
O melhor que encontrei.
Its easy to used and work just fine.
From what I’ve seen, it is the best non-official solution to bright webpages there is. Some websites may need to be whitelisted, and the only problem is that obviously the extension does not know exactly what to darken and what to leave bright, making some text hard to read in some fringe cases.
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