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Night Eye

Dark mode on any website

As of 30 August 2026, Night Eye is free to use. Night Eye is a browser extension that enables dark mode on nearly any website. Softwr lists it under Browser Extensions. Night Eye is made by Night Eye Ltd, launched in 2018, available on Browser extension.

Overview

What Night Eye does

Night Eye is a browser extension that enables dark mode on nearly any website. Unlike simple color inversion, it analyzes and transforms page colors to provide a smooth dark browsing experience while maintaining image integrity.

What people use it for

  • Force a consistent dark mode on websites that don't natively support one
  • Reduce eye strain and blue light exposure during night browsing via a built-in blue-light filter
  • Per-site color, brightness, contrast, and saturation customization
  • Selectively convert only icons/small images rather than full images to preserve visual fidelity in dark mode

The honest half

Where it falls short

Concrete and checkable, so you can decide whether any of them matter to you. This is the half of a review a vendor will not write about Night Eye.

  • Can impact browser performance, especially on older or less powerful devices due to color conversion processing
  • Ineffective on web applications with fixed color schemes that cannot be altered
  • Does not work offline or on non-web content
  • Limited customization on websites that have their own built-in dark mode implementation

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Pricing

What Night Eye costs

Taken from the vendor's own pricing page. Prices move, so check before you buy.

Lite

Free

  • Dark mode on up to 5 websites
  • No ads

Pro

$9 /yr

  • Up to 3 browsers

Pro Max

$14 /yr

  • Up to 6 browsers

Lifetime

$40

  • Unlimited browsers
  • Lifetime updates

Capabilities

Features

  • Dark mode

  • Color analysis

  • Image preservation

  • Per-site settings

  • Chrome support

    Available on chrome

  • Firefox support

    Available on firefox

  • Edge support

    Available on edge

  • Safari support

    Available on safari

  • Opera support

    Available on opera

Answered, with sources

Questions people ask

Each answer names the page it came from, so you can check it rather than take our word for it.

What is Night Eye?

Night Eye is a browser extension that applies dark mode to websites by analyzing page colors and converting them into a comfortable dark theme. It preserves photos and videos and offers customization options for brightness, contrast, and blue light filtering.

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What is the pricing for Night Eye?

Night Eye Lite is free with dark mode on up to 5 websites. Night Eye Pro costs $9/year for up to 3 browsers, Night Eye Pro Max costs $14/year for up to 6 browsers, and lifetime updates cost $40 for unlimited use across 10 browsers.

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Which browsers does Night Eye support?

Night Eye is available for Chrome, Safari, Microsoft Edge, Firefox, Opera, Brave, and other Chromium-based browsers.

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Does Night Eye track my browsing?

No. Night Eye does not monitor, process, or store browsing activity. Webpage conversion is performed locally on the user's device. No ads appear in the free Lite version.

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Behind it

Who makes Night Eye

Company
Night Eye Ltd
Based in
Sofia, Bulgaria
Founders
Stan Dimitrov
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