It's one of those sites that I frequently visit and get a glaring screen in my face when switching tabs. Just wanted to know if this feature is ever going to be available. I mean it's 2025!
Ask HN: Will HN ever have a dark mode?
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Re: Ask HN: Will HN ever have a dark mode?
#2Doubtful. There'll be the answers as 2024 and the years before: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40706570 (I used a browser extension, works fine)
Re: Ask HN: Will HN ever have a dark mode?
#3I prefer sites not to implement a custom dark mode and instead to make sure their styles invert well, less work for devs, more consistency for me.
https://www.howtogeek.com/446198/how-to-force-dark-mode-on-e...
Re: Ask HN: Will HN ever have a dark mode?
#4dang mentioned HN would rather implement full custom CSS first, which I strongly disagree with. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41105794
Re: Ask HN: Will HN ever have a dark mode?
#5People have been asking about/for this for years. Hasn't happened yet, and I doubt it ever will. Doesn't seem to be a priority to HN.
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#6Have used HN Enhance with Firefox for years. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/hn-enhance/?u...
Re: Ask HN: Will HN ever have a dark mode?
#7Dark Reader for Firefox desktop works for me.
I use Dark Night on Safari, mobile and desktop.
Re: Ask HN: Will HN ever have a dark mode?
#8There's perhaps no better site than HN to be open source and allow community improvements. Why isn't it?
Re: Ask HN: Will HN ever have a dark mode?
#9I prefer sites not to implement a custom dark mode and instead to make sure their styles invert well, less work for devs, more consistency for me. https://darkreader.org/ https://www.howtogeek.com/446198/how-to-force-dark-mode-on-e...
Agreed. Darkreader + some uBlock Origin filters to remove any residual orange and I have a perfect white on black reading experience.
Re: Ask HN: Will HN ever have a dark mode?
#10There's perhaps no better site than HN to be open source and allow community improvements. Why isn't it?
HN runs all kinds of algorithms to help with spam, moderation, etc. Being open source would derail all the benefits gained from that code.