Dark Reader – enable Dark Mode on Wikipedia and many other websites
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HN comment orderI often use the reader mode in Firefox. Although it is not the same as a dark mode for a whole webpage, it is pretty good at removing clutter and making a web text easier to read. With the added bonus that there are no permissions involved (although I suspect the latter are absolutely necessary for the addon to work, without sharing data to 3rd parties). It is even possible to save a bookmark in Firefox with reader mode already…
Dark Reader is one of an extremely small set of extensions I'm properly incapable of browsing without, along with uBlock Origin and Surfingkeys.
So I came across this a couple of months ago and tried to use it. It significantly slowed down page loads. When I changed the settings to not be as aggressive in selecting the dark colours, the page load speeds weren't much better. I since ended up simply creating stylus styles for sites I regularly visit. Not ideal, but it is better than adding a couple of seconds (not an exaggeration) to the page load.
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- Breakout years
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- Total points
- 497
- Total comments
- 252
100+ points or 50+ comments
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Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-05-07 | Show HN: Dark Reader extension – dark theme for every website | alexanderby | 1 | 0 |
| 2018-12-04 | Show HN: Dark Reader extension – Dark mode for every websiteFirst breakout · Best thread | alexanderby | 369 | 175 |
| 2020-05-17 | Darkreader – Dark Mode for Everything | gjvc | 2 | 1 |
| 2020-11-20 | Dark Reader – enable Dark Mode on Wikipedia and many other websitesLatest 20+ point return | pabs3 | 122 | 76 |
| 2025-11-10 | Dark Reader - a dark mode extension for all browsers | zbycz | 2 | 0 |
| 2026-03-22 | Dark Reader – Browser extension that generates dark mode for web pages | Brysonbw | 1 | 0 |