Darkness Alternatives

Darkness is described as 'Provides beautiful dark themes for your favorite websites, significantly reducing the eye strain and fatigue caused by a bright screen' and is a dark mode enforcer in the web browsers category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Darkness for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Windows and iPhone apps. The best Darkness alternative is Dark Reader, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Darkness are Midnight Lizard, Noir, Dark Background and Light Text and Owl.

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  1. Dark Reader icon

    Dark Reader

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    This eye-care extension enables night mode creating dark themes for websites on the fly. Dark Reader inverts bright colors making them high contrast and easy to read at night.

    23 Dark Reader alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Microsoft Edge
    • Google Chrome
    • Safari
    • Thunderbird
    • Mozilla Firefox
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    The best and most convenient one.

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    • Dark Reader is the most popular iPhone & iPad alternative to Darkness.

    • Dark Reader is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Darkness.

    • Dark Reader is Free and Open SourceDarkness is Freemium and Open Source
  4. Noir icon

    Noir

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    Noir is a Safari extension for iOS that automatically adds a dark mode to every website you visit.

    21 Noir alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
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    • Noir is the most popular Mac alternative to Darkness.

    • Noir is the most popular commercial alternative to Darkness.

    • Noir is Paid and ProprietaryDarkness is Freemium and Open Source
    • Noir is LightweightDarkness is not according to our users
  5. Dark Background and Light Text icon

    Dark Background and Light Text

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    Makes every page (or only pages that you want) to have light text on dark background. Exact colors are customizable.

    17 Dark Background and Light Text alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Mozilla Firefox
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    • Dark Background and Light Text is the most popular Windows & Linux alternative to Darkness.

    • Dark Background and Light Text is Free and Open SourceDarkness is Freemium and Open Source
  6. Owl icon

    Owl

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    Owl transforms webpages with a comfortable dark theme on-the-fly, protecting your eyes from the glaring color schemes on most websites. Owl comes bundled with a ton of features. With Owl, you can:

    15 Owl alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Mozilla Firefox
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    • Owl is the most popular Web-based alternative to Darkness.

    • Owl is Free and Open SourceDarkness is Freemium and Open Source
  7. Dark Mode icon

    Dark Mode

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    Dark Mode is a browser add-on that helps you quickly turn the screen (browser) to dark at night time.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Google Chrome
    • Mozilla Firefox
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  10. Colorgram icon

    Colorgram

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    Dark mode for Instagram. Themes for Instagram. Colorful Instagram. Need any of this? You can find it here!

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
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  11. Dark Night Mode icon

    Dark Night Mode

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    It is a universal night mode for the entire Internet. It uses a special algorithm to automatically change the colors of the websites you visit into dark mode so that you can browse without straining your eyes, especially at night.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Google Chrome
    • Mozilla Firefox
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  14. Care your Eyes icon

    Care your Eyes

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    Care your Eyes is a Chrome extension to change a webpage's background color to reseda or night mode to protect your eyes from intensity of white or other light color.

    16 Care your Eyes alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Google Chrome
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