Work · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Veil – Dark mode PDFs without destroying images, runs in the browser
Hi HN! here's a tool I just deployed that renders PDFs in dark mode without destroying the images. Internal and external links stay intact, and I decided to implement export since I'm not a fan of platform lock-in: you can view your dark PDF in your preferred reader, on any device. It's a side project born from a personal need first and foremost. When I was reading in the factory the books that eventually helped me get out of it, I had the problem that many study materials and books contained images and charts that forced me, with the dark readers available at the time, to always keep the…
Veil is a browser-based tool that converts PDFs to dark mode while preserving image quality and maintaining all internal and external links. Designed for students, researchers, and anyone who reads PDFs in low-light… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.
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PDF Dark▲9Convert any PDF to dark mode — fully in your browser
Jul 2026 · pdfdark.org · its alternatives →
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Enable dark mode (night mode) on all websites
2018 · darkreader.org · its alternatives →
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I wanted a way to read PDFs at night and not burn my retinas out so I whipped together this super simple website with Claude to solve my problem. It uses Mozilla's pdf.js library to load and render a PDF and then inverts the colors with CSS. It has basic controls like zoom in, zoom out, reset zoom, previous and next page. There are some keyboard shortcuts that you can find by toggling the "q" key.
2025 · pdfdark.com · its alternatives →
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Reader Mode 2.0▲332Read, highlight and annotate the web without distractions
2025 · readermode.io · its alternatives →
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Dark Reader▲295Dark theme for every website, care for your eyes
2018 · darkreader.org · its alternatives →
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Read, highlight and annotate the web without distractions
2020 · readermode.io · its alternatives →
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Read PDFs & books at night with dark mode.
2025 · pdf-dark-mode.vercel.app · its alternatives →
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darken (or lighten) a PDF. Contribute to rootVIII/pdfinverter development by creating an account on GitHub.
2020 · github.com · its alternatives →
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CanaryPDF▲114Extract tables and edit PDF files right in your browser
2025 · canarypdf.com · its alternatives →
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Hey! This is a reader mode browser extension I built that hides noisy page elements rather than extracting and re-rendering only the page text. The idea is to not make all articles look the same [0], have them still render graphs, and ideally to work in more cases. There are a few "tricks": patching the site CSSOM to apply simpler mobile styles even at desktop width, detecting the likely main text & removing its non-text siblings, blocklists for classnames that contain words like "sidebar", and testing this on a few hundred popular sites. I got carried away and also added a dark mode, page…
2022 · unclutter.lindylearn.io · its alternatives →
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Redact PDFs in your browser — nothing is uploaded
Jun 2026 · blackoutpdf.co · its alternatives →
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Hey HN, solo dev here. After years of frustration with how LLMs handle complex documents, especially PDFs with tables, I decided to build a solution myself. My approach uses a Markdown conversion step to preserve the table structure, which seems to work surprisingly well for chunking. This little parser is the first public piece of a much larger, privacy-focused AI platform I'm building. I'm pretty much running on fumes financially, so any feedback, critique, or support is massively appreciated. Happy to answer any questions about the approach!
Nov 2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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222. Dark mode everywhere. 222 bytes of js to make any website dark - dolegi/222
2020 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Private and Instant PDF Tools that Run 100% in Your Browser
2025 · pdfyogi.com · its alternatives →
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LightPDF▲17AI-Powered PDF Solutions for Effortless Productivity
2024 · lightpdf.com · its alternatives →
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PdfDrip ▲3Merge, Split, Compress, Dark Mode Convert PDFs
Aug 2026 · pdf-converter-chi-three.vercel.app · its alternatives →
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Webpage in Night Mode
2017 · minhaskamal.github.io · its alternatives →
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GitHub▲2Local PDF security toolkit fix, protect, forensics & ollama
Jun 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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ihatepdf ▲12Privacy-first productivity suite that works entirely offline
Dec 2025 · ihatepdf.cv · its alternatives →
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I built this because I didn't want to upload personal documents to random websites just to split or sign a PDF. So I made PDF Barber (https://pdfbarber.com). Everything runs 100% in the browser, with no server involved. The only server call is for the contact form. It is free to use, and I also offer a Chrome extension for convenience. I have already gotten a few paying users and lots of helpful feedback, which has pushed me to improve it further. Would love to hear your thoughts or feedback. Thanks!
2025 · pdfbarber.com · its alternatives →
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