Life & fun · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Dark Mode for HN
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Dark Mode for HN launched in 2023; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Browser extension that toggles an opinionated dark theme for the popular website, Hacker News. - azerella/ext-hn-darkmode
2020 · github.com · its alternatives →
- 2HD
Paste this in the developer tools console of your browser document.documentElement.style.filter = "invert()" document.documentElement.style.background = '#fff' Edit: you can also create a bookmark with the code below in the URL field javascript: (() => { document.documentElement.style.filter = "invert()";document.documentElement.style.background = '#fff' })(); Then just click on the bookmark for instant dark mode
2022 · its alternatives →
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Darkmode Widget▲356Add a dark-mode to your website in a few seconds 🌓
2019 · darkmodejs.learn.uno · its alternatives →
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A lightweight, reactive, and elegant dark mode composable for Vue 3. Seamlessly toggle themes with zero dependencies.
2018 · vuedarkmode.com · its alternatives →
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Enable dark mode (night mode) on all websites
2018 · darkreader.org · its alternatives →
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🌑 Dark mode made easy. Contribute to ColinEspinas/darken development by creating an account on GitHub.
2020 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Dark Mode List▲252A list of apps that support 🌃 dark mode
2017 · darkmodelist.com · its alternatives →
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2021 · darkhn.herokuapp.com · its alternatives →
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Solace▲171macOS gives you three appearance options: Light, Dark, or Auto. Auto follows sunset, which is a surprisingly blunt heuristic. It doesn't account for season (dark mode at 3:50pm in December, light mode at 9pm in June), and it has zero awareness of actual conditions outside. Overcast and dark at 2pm? Your Mac doesn't care. The deeper problem is that macOS treats appearance, wallpaper, and colour temperature as unrelated settings. You end up stitching together separate tools that don't know about each other, or you just live with the defaults and accept the friction. Solace tries to solve this…
Feb 2026 · theodorehq.com · its alternatives →
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Midnight Lizard▲124Clever night mode for all websites
2017 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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Blackout▲125Add a dark-mode widget to WordPress in a few seconds 🌓
2019 · wordpress.org · its alternatives →
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Add smooth dark mode on your WordPress website
2021 · nighteye.app · its alternatives →
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NightScreen Mode▲105An amber filter + dark mode to use Chrome without eye strain
2025 · nightscreenmode.app · its alternatives →
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Night Viewer▲93Enable dark mode for View Page Source (Chrome/Firefox/Edge)
2020 · nighteye.app · its alternatives →
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GitHub Dark▲122🔦 GitHub Dark - Browse GitHub in nighttime mode 🌚
2016 · cquanu.github.io · its alternatives →
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2020 · jgthms.com · its alternatives →
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Add dark-mode to your Nuxt.js project in a few seconds 🌓
2020 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Don't let white pages hurt your eyes
2019 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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WP Dark Mode▲821 click dark mode for WordPress, now with social share
2022 · wppool.dev · its alternatives →
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