Owl Alternatives

Owl is described as '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:' and is a dark mode enforcer in the web browsers category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Owl for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Google Chrome, Windows, Mozilla Firefox and Linux apps. The best Owl alternative is Dark Reader, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Owl are Midnight Lizard, Noir, Darkness and Dark Background and Light Text.

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Owl alternatives page was last updated Jul 10, 2024
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  1. Dark Reader icon
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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.

    21 Dark Reader alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • RU flagRussia

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Microsoft Edge
    • Google Chrome
    • Safari
    • Thunderbird
    • Mozilla Firefox

    Dark Reader Features

    1.  Dark Mode
    2.  Browser extension
    3.  Zero Set-up time
    4.  Reduce Eyestrain
    5.  Safari extension

    Dark Reader VS Owl

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

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

    • Dark Reader is Free and Open SourceOwl is also Free and Open Source
  2. Midnight Lizard icon
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    Midnight Lizard web-extension for Google Chrome™ and Mozilla Firefox™ provides custom color schemes for all websites.

    32 Midnight Lizard alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Country of Origin

    • RU flagRussia

    Platforms

    • Microsoft Edge
    • Google Chrome
    • Mozilla Firefox
    Discontinued

    The latest update is from 2021.

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Dark Mode
    2.  Additional Color Schemes
    3.  Browser extension
    4.  Themes
    5.  Blue light filter
    6.  Ad-free
    7.  Reduce Eyestrain
    8.  Color Palette
    9.  Reading

    Midnight Lizard VS Owl

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

    License model

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Dark Mode
    2.  Safari extension

    Noir VS Owl

     
    • Noir is the most popular Mac alternative to Owl.

    • Noir is the most popular commercial alternative to Owl.

    • Noir is Paid and ProprietaryOwl is Free and Open Source
    • Noir is LightweightOwl is not according to our users
  4. Darkness icon
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    Darkness provides beautiful dark themes for your favorite websites, significantly reducing the eye strain and fatigue caused by a bright screen.

    License model

    • FreemiumOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Google Chrome

    Darkness Features

    1.  Dark Mode
    2.  Themes

    Darkness VS Owl

     
    • Darkness is the most popular Windows, Linux & Self-Hosted alternative to Owl.

    • Darkness is Freemium and Open SourceOwl is Free and Open Source
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    Makes every page (or only pages that you want) to have light text on dark background. Exact colors are customizable.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Mozilla Firefox

    Dark Background and Light Text Features

    1.  Dark Mode
    2.  Reduce Eyestrain

    Dark Background and Light Text VS Owl

     
  6. Darko icon
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    Darko will make your Thunderbird messages dark.

    22 Darko alternatives

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • SK flagSlovakia
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Thunderbird

    Darko Features

    1.  Dark Mode

    Darko VS Owl

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

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Google Chrome
    • Mozilla Firefox

    Dark Mode Features

    1.  Dark Mode
    2.  Reduce Eyestrain

    Dark Mode VS Owl

     
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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.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Google Chrome
    • Mozilla Firefox
    Discontinued

    Last commit on 16 march 2018

    Dark Night Mode Features

    1.  Dark Mode
    2.  Themes
    3.  Reading

    Dark Night Mode VS Owl

     
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    Inverts page colors, showing white text on a dark background, to reduce eye strain.

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Google Chrome

    Dark mode / night reader Features

    1.  Dark Mode

    Dark mode / night reader VS Owl

     
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    Enables dark mode and filters on all websites that do not support it natively.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Google Chrome

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused
    2.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  No registration required
    2.  Dark Mode
    3.  Ad-free
    4.  Works Offline
    5.  No Tracking
    6.  Invert colours

    Dark Mode Enabler VS Owl

     
  11. Dark theme icon
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    This app helps to activate night theme on devices that don't provide this option in the system settings.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet

    Dark theme Features

    1.  Dark Mode

    Dark theme VS Owl

     
    • Dark theme is the most popular Android & Android Tablet alternative to Owl.

    • Dark theme is Free and Open SourceOwl is also Free and Open Source
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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.

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • CN flagChina

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Google Chrome

    Care your Eyes Features

    1.  Reduce Eyestrain

    Care your Eyes VS Owl

     
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