How dark mode for websites works
Most websites only come in one colour scheme, usually bright white. A dark mode extension recolours the page for you: light backgrounds become dark, dark text becomes light, and links and buttons keep their meaning.
NeoReader Dark Mode uses Smart mode by default. It darkens the page, then puts photos, videos and canvases back to their real colours so pictures never look like negatives. Pages that are already dark are detected and left alone, so nothing gets turned the wrong way round.
Everything included, free
- One click, or Alt + Shift + N, to make a site dark. It stays dark when you reload and on every visit.
- Dark before the page appears on the sites you switch on, so there is no white flash.
- Dark everywhere, if you want it, with a Never on this site exception list.
- Smart, Invert and Dim modes, plus brightness, contrast, warmth and grayscale sliders, set once or per site.
- A schedule: always, with your system's dark mode, or between two times you choose.
- Photos, videos and canvases keep their real colours, and pages that are already dark are left alone.
- No account, no tracking and no remote code.
How to turn on dark mode in Chrome for every website
- Add NeoReader Dark Mode to Chrome, Edge or Firefox.
- Open a bright website, click the extension button and switch it on, or press Alt + Shift + N.
- Your browser asks to allow that one site, so it stays dark when you reload and every time you visit.
- Adjust brightness, contrast or warmth if the page needs it.
- Open Settings to choose Dark everywhere or a schedule.
Chrome's built-in dark mode, and why it isn't enough
Setting Chrome, Windows or macOS to dark changes the browser's menus and tabs, and websites that support dark themes follow along. Most websites do not, so they stay bright white.
Chrome also has a hidden flag, Auto Dark Mode for Web Contents, at chrome://flags. It forces every page dark, but it applies to all sites at once, cannot be adjusted per site, sometimes darkens images badly, and can disappear in a future Chrome update. An extension gives you the same result with control over which sites, how dark, and when.
Only the sites you choose
Many dark mode extensions ask to read and change all your data on every website the moment you install them. NeoReader Dark Mode installs with no site access at all. When you switch a site on, it asks for that one site, and it asks for all sites only if you switch on Dark everywhere. It is private by default: no tracking, no analytics, and your settings stay in your browser.
