Dark Reader

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

Dark Reader - Eye Care Add-on for Edge

Dark Reader is an Edge add-on that enables dark mode for every website. It inverts bright colors, making them high contrast for enhanced readability, especially at night. Users can tweak brightness, contrast, sepia filter, dark mode and font settings. It also provides an ignore-list feature and adheres to the highest privacy standards, showing no ads and not transmitting user's data elsewhere. For complete transparency, this add-on is open-source and its code can be checked at https://github.com/darkreader/darkreader.

Add-on stats

Version: 4.9.96 (Last updated: 2024-10-29)
Version code: 4.9.96
Creation date: 2022-02-06
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • alarms
  • fontSettings
  • storage
  • tabs
  • <all_urls>
Size: 791.69K

Other platforms

Dark Reader (v4.9.101)
4.69 (12,141) 6,000,000
Not available on Android
Dark Reader (v4.9.100)
4.51 (6,263) 1,280,059
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Add-on summary

Analyze keywords

This eye-care extension enables night mode creating dark themes for websites on the fly. Dark Reader inverts bright colors making them high contrast and easy to read at night.

You can adjust brightness, contrast, sepia filter, dark mode, font settings and ignore-list.

Dark Reader doesn't show ads and doesn't send user's data anywhere. It is fully open-source https://github.com/darkreader/darkreader

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User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Edge Add-on Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Works well flipping white and dark colors
  • Completely free with optional donations
  • Has per-site settings that can be adjusted
  • Most websites adapt perfectly to dark mode
  • Helpful for reducing glare in bright environments
Cons
  • Occasionally fails to activate or open the menu
  • Some websites are not perfectly adapted to dark mode
  • Performance issues noted with memory usage
  • Confusion regarding payment for full use
Most mentioned
  • Flips colors effectively for better visibility
  • Completely free to use with optional donations
  • Customization options for per-site settings
  • Some issues with activating features on demand
  • Not all websites render correctly in dark mode
User reviews
推荐一个好用的插件给兄弟们,可以免费看谷歌、youtube、商店直接搜索 ilink网络加速器
by e54842, 2025-02-11

Works really well flips the white and dark colours and keeps links as is
by Roni, 2025-02-10

great
by Peng, 2025-02-08
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Add-on safety

Risk impact

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

Risk impact analysis details
  • Critical Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
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Risk likelihood

We don't have sufficient data to confidently determine the risk likelihood of Dark Reader. Use it at your own risk.

Risk likelihood analysis details
  • Low This extension was updated more than 6 months ago. Older versions are more likely to be stable and safe.
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