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Dev tools · January 14, 2019

Darker

Change to Dark Mode easily on your Mac

Darker launched on January 14, 2019 with 9 votes, #969 of 2,587 launches that month and more than 50% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 7 years on.

What it does

Darker is an app that lives in your MacOS menubar and lets you change between dark/light mode easily

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