Dev tools · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to Nocturnal

Have more control over your screen at night 🌙

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Nocturnal launched in 2020; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   NightOwl▲320

   Easily toggle your Macs Dark Mode with this menubar app.

   2019 · nightowlapp.co · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Day Night for macOS▲187

   A desktop app that kills the procrastination in you.

   2019 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   nightlight▲82

   A CLI for "Night Shift" on macOS 🌕🌖🌗🌘🌑

   2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Day Night▲207

   A desktop app that kills the procrastination in you.

   2018 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Night Eye - Dark Mode on any website▲138

   Enable dark mode on any website using your favourite browser

   2019 · nighteye.app · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Shifty▲165

   More control over macOS Night Shift

   2017 · shifty.natethompson.io · its alternatives →

7. 7
   night night . みんな▲170

   Put your website to sleep

   2016 · nightnight.xn--q9jyb4c · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Night Eye▲88

   Enable Safari dark mode for iPhone/iPad on iOS15

   2021 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   NightTone▲121

   Colored light filter, screen dimmer & brightness control

   2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Look Up for Mac▲269

    Reduce eye strain & exhaustion with the 20-20-20 Rule

    2015 · 96problems.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    NightScreen Mode▲105

    An amber filter + dark mode to use Chrome without eye strain

    2025 · nightscreenmode.app · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Caffeine▲462

    Keep your Mac from going to sleep

    2014 · download.macupdate.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Night Mode for Desktop▲129

    Twitter's Night mode on mobile? Now it's coming to desktop!

    2017 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Curtains▲176

    Automate night shift and keyboard backlight for movies

    2024 · getcurtains.app · its alternatives →

15. 15
    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 →

16. 16
    Nightly for iOS - Sleep Soundly▲171

    Enjoy healthy sleep

    2018 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Noir▲79

    Browse better at night with dark mode for Safari

    2021 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Fade Out Night Light▲80

    A simple night light that dims over time

    2021 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Lungo▲285

    Keeps your Mac awake

    2017 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Smart Brightness for Dark Mode▲80

    Don't let white pages hurt your eyes

    2019 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Dark Reader extension – Dark mode for every website▲369

    Enable dark mode (night mode) on all websites

    2018 · darkreader.org · its alternatives →

22. 22
    HazeOver: Distraction Dimmer▲403

    Focus on one app by dimming all the background windows

    2015 · hazeover.com · its alternatives →

23. 23SN
    Slack Night Mode▲72

    2016 · blog.lacour.me · its alternatives →

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    Darker▲9

    Change to Dark Mode easily on your Mac

    2019 · darker.app · its alternatives →

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