Monchromate – Smart greyscale browser extension

In plain words

Monchromate is a browser extension that converts web pages to greyscale. Built for programmers who spend significant time in browsers, it offers site exclusion to skip certain websites, a scheduler for automatic activation, and intensity controls. The open-source tool works across Chrome and Firefox with the same functionality.

written from the facts on this page · September 2026

From the sources

Transform your browsing with Monochromate, the smart greyscale browser extension designed for digital wellness. Reduce screen time, prevent doomscrolling, and boost productivity with customizable intensity, smart scheduling, and site exclusions.

Transform your browsing with Monochromate, the smart greyscale browser extension designed for digital wellness. Reduce screen time, prevent doomscrolling, and boost productivity with customizable intensity, smart scheduling, and site exclusions. Built with WXT framework for Chrome & Firefox.

Turn down the colors, turn up your focus. Transform your browsing experience with a powerful greyscale browser extension that helps reduce digital distractions, prevent doomscrolling, and boost productivity. Perfect for students, professionals, and anyone seeking mindful web browsing. Powerful tools designed to enhance your digital well-being, reduce doomscrolling, and boost productivity through smart greyscale filtering. Automatically enable greyscale mode during specific hours. Perfect for reducing evening screen time, maintaining focus during work hours, or preventing late-night doomscrolling. Fine-tune the greyscale intensity from 0-100% to find your perfect balance. Research shows…from monochromate.lirena.in

In the maker’s words, at launch

4 months back I started making an extension named monochromate which was basically a greyscale extension, I realised power of them when I turned it on my phone and the thing is being a programmer most of my time is spent on browsers ... and that's where it don't exist (at least not the perfect solution for my needs).…

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