Night Eye
A dark mode extension that adjusts each page's elements instead of flipping every color. Free Lite plan with limits, paid plans above it.
Why it's a strong pick
Night Eye gives you a choice between a full dark theme and a gentler filtered mode that keeps a site's own colors. Its listing says it keeps photos, videos and other large media as they are. It works in many browsers and lets you set rules per site. The trade-offs: the free plan has limits, and the code is not open source.
What it does
Night Eye turns bright websites dark. The Chrome Web Store listing says it analyzes page elements and adjusts bright backgrounds, text, icons and interface parts, while preserving important photos, videos and other large media.
It has two modes. Filtered Mode keeps the original colors and lets you tune brightness, contrast, saturation, warmth and dimming. Normal Mode turns the effect off for a site. You can set this for one site or for all sites.
Key features
- Filtered Mode. Keeps a site's original colors. You adjust brightness, contrast, saturation, warmth and dimming.
- Per-site or all sites. Set one default, then change it for sites that need it.
- Scheduling and system sync. Turn it on at set times, or follow your system's color scheme.
- Respects built-in dark themes. It recognizes supported sites that already ship a dark theme.
- Settings import and export. Move your setup to another browser.
- PDF dark mode. Available, but subject to browser restrictions.
Who it's for
Night Eye suits people who want control over how dark each site looks, and who find a plain inversion too harsh on some pages. The free plan has limits, so it fits a handful of daily sites better than "dark everywhere". If you want a free, open-source option with no site cap, look at Dark Reader or Midnight Lizard, or see Dark Reader alternatives.
Is Night Eye free?
Partly. Night Eye has a free Lite plan, and the vendor says it has no ads. The free plan has limits on browsers and sites, so read the plans page before you rely on it. Paid plans lift those limits, and the vendor says its trial needs no credit card. We leave prices off because they change.
Is Night Eye open source?
No. The vendor's GitHub repository says the proprietary source code for the commercial extension is not published there. That matters if you want code you can read. Dark Reader and Midnight Lizard publish theirs. With Night Eye you rely on the vendor's statements and the install prompt.
What does Night Eye do with my data?
The store listing says Night Eye does not collect or sell user data and uses no third-party analytics such as Google Analytics inside the extension. It says color changes run locally and preferences are stored locally. That is the listing's own description, so read the developer's privacy policy before you install.
What permissions does Night Eye ask for?
We could not read the permission list for the current store build. A dark mode tool has to change the pages you open, so expect broad site access. Check the install prompt before you click "Add to Chrome". Permissions can change between releases, so look again after updates.
FAQ
Who makes Night Eye? The Chrome Web Store lists PROMOTINO OOD as the publisher.
Which browsers does it work in? Its README lists Chrome, Safari, Edge, Firefox, Opera, Brave and other Chromium browsers.
Does it work on PDFs? It has a PDF dark mode, but the vendor says it is subject to browser restrictions.
Good to know
The free Lite plan has limits, so it covers a few sites in one browser rather than your whole day. Try Filtered Mode first on sites that break with a full dark theme. If a site already has its own dark theme, Night Eye is meant to respect it.
Other dark mode & reader tools to compare
Night Eye is one of 10 picks in our Dark Mode & Reader Tools guide, which compares them side by side and explains how to choose. The other picks:
- Dark Reader: An open-source dark mode for websites. Free extension, with brightness, contrast and sepia controls.
- Midnight Lizard: An open-source colour-scheme tool for websites. Dark, light and grayscale modes plus a blue-light filter.
- Reader View: A reader extension built on Mozilla Readability. Opens an article in a clean page, with fullscreen reading and text-to-speech.
- Reader Mode: A distraction-free reader with accessibility tools, highlighting and text-to-speech. Free plan with limits, paid Premium.
- Chrome Reader Mode: A reader mode that can also save articles offline, highlight and take notes. The listing is now titled Quiet Reader.
- Turn Off the Lights: Dims the page around a video player and adds a Night Mode for dark pages. Open source (GPLv2), free, supported by donations.
- Just Read: A reader mode for article pages, made by one developer. Free core, paid subscription for extras.
- Clearly Reader: A reader mode with an AI assistant. A free plan, plus paid Pro and Subscription plans.
- Stylus: Restyle websites with CSS themes, such as dark themes, that you install or write yourself. Not a one-click dark mode. Open source.
See alternatives: Dark Reader alternatives
This is a third-party extension, not built or maintained by Xplorekit. We link to the official Chrome Web Store listing. Install and permissions are between you and the extension's own publisher.