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24 alternatives to NightOwl

Easily toggle your Macs Dark Mode with this menubar app.

NightOwl is a menubar app for Mac that toggles dark mode on and off. It offers scheduled toggling, sunset and sunrise-based automatic switching, quick-toggle functionality, and the ability to exclude specific apps from… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. NightOwl launched in 2019; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1
Nocturnal▲90
Have more control over your screen at night 🌙
2020 · github.com · its alternatives →
2
One Switch▲218
All your mac toggles in one place
2019 · fireball.studio · its alternatives →
3
nightlight▲82
A CLI for "Night Shift" on macOS 🌕🌖🌗🌘🌑
2020 · github.com · its alternatives →
4
Dark Switch▲76
Switch MacOS dark mode in one click
2019 · github.com · its alternatives →
5
macOS Mojave▲635
The next generation of software for Macs
2018 · apple.com · its alternatives →
6
Darkmode Widget▲356
Add a dark-mode to your website in a few seconds 🌓
2019 · darkmodejs.learn.uno · its alternatives →
7
Dynamic Dark Mode▲8
The smart, automatic Dark Mode toggle for macOS Mojave
2019 · apollozhu.github.io · its alternatives →
8
Night Eye▲88
Enable Safari dark mode for iPhone/iPad on iOS15
2021 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
9
Solace▲171
macOS 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 →
10
Happy Owl▲99
Dark mode for Medium 🌚📝
2018 · happyowl.app · its alternatives →
11
Night Eye - Dark Mode on any website▲138
Enable dark mode on any website using your favourite browser
2019 · nighteye.app · its alternatives →
12
Day Night for macOS▲187
A desktop app that kills the procrastination in you.
2019 · its alternatives →
13
Caffeine▲462
Keep your Mac from going to sleep
2014 · download.macupdate.com · its alternatives →
14
Darker▲9
Change to Dark Mode easily on your Mac
2019 · darker.app · its alternatives →
15
Curtains▲176
Automate night shift and keyboard backlight for movies
2024 · getcurtains.app · its alternatives →
16
NightTone▲121
Colored light filter, screen dimmer & brightness control
2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
17
Dark Reader extension – Dark mode for every website▲369
Enable dark mode (night mode) on all websites
2018 · darkreader.org · its alternatives →
18
Umbra app▲124
The missing app for dark mode
2020 · replay.software · its alternatives →
19
NightScreen Mode▲105
An amber filter + dark mode to use Chrome without eye strain
2025 · nightscreenmode.app · its alternatives →
20
Cooldown▲129
Quickly toggle Low Power Mode on your Mac from the menubar
2021 · goodsnooze.gumroad.com · its alternatives →
21
Dark Mode for Safari▲128
Safari is now ready for the new macOS Mojave
2018 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
22
Mac Pet▲465
A menu bar pet that wakes and sleeps as you work
2024 · mac-pet.com · its alternatives →
23
Sblack▲288
Apply a dark theme to Slack for Mac ⚫️ ✨
2018 · sblack.online · its alternatives →
24
Dark Reader for Safari▲113
Dark mode for every website
2018 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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