Will HN ever have a dark mode?

Question

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!

greentea23 · Accepted Answer

I 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...

mtmail · Answer

Doubtful. 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)

helph67 · Answer

Have used HN Enhance with Firefox for years. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/hn-enhance/?u...

dyeje · Answer

I think the idea is that it&rsquo;s a forum for programmers and you can probably self serve some solution (whether that&rsquo;s using a plugin, custom style sheet, making your own, etc).

hknws2023saio · Answer

This extension is one my favorites, cant browse HN without it. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/hacker-news-n...

jethronethro · Answer

People 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.

rednafi · Answer

Native dark mode is not worth the effort in most cases. There are extensions that you can use to do it yourself if you want.

pants2 · Answer

There's perhaps no better site than HN to be open source and allow community improvements. Why isn't it?

minimaxir · Answer

dang mentioned HN would rather implement full custom CSS first, which I strongly disagree with. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41105794

k310 · Answer

Dark Reader for Firefox desktop works for me.I use Dark Night on Safari, mobile and desktop.

uncomplexity_ · Answer

never gonna happen loldang always get a chuckle when you get the flashbang

bjourne · Answer

No.

Will HN ever have a dark mode?

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!

I 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...

Doubtful. 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)

Have used HN Enhance with Firefox for years. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/hn-enhance/?u...

I think the idea is that it’s a forum for programmers and you can probably self serve some solution (whether that’s using a plugin, custom style sheet, making your own, etc).

This extension is one my favorites, cant browse HN without it. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/hacker-news-n...

People 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.

Native dark mode is not worth the effort in most cases. There are extensions that you can use to do it yourself if you want.

There's perhaps no better site than HN to be open source and allow community improvements. Why isn't it?

dang mentioned HN would rather implement full custom CSS first, which I strongly disagree with. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41105794

Dark Reader for Firefox desktop works for me.
I use Dark Night on Safari, mobile and desktop.

never gonna happen lol
dang always get a chuckle when you get the flashbang

No.

Will HN ever have a dark mode?

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!

I 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...

Doubtful. 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)

Have used HN Enhance with Firefox for years. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/hn-enhance/?u...

I think the idea is that it’s a forum for programmers and you can probably self serve some solution (whether that’s using a plugin, custom style sheet, making your own, etc).

This extension is one my favorites, cant browse HN without it. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/hacker-news-n...

People 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.

Native dark mode is not worth the effort in most cases. There are extensions that you can use to do it yourself if you want.

There's perhaps no better site than HN to be open source and allow community improvements. Why isn't it?

dang mentioned HN would rather implement full custom CSS first, which I strongly disagree with. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41105794

Dark Reader for Firefox desktop works for me.I use Dark Night on Safari, mobile and desktop.

never gonna happen loldang always get a chuckle when you get the flashbang

No.

I 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...

Dark Reader for Firefox desktop works for me.
I use Dark Night on Safari, mobile and desktop.

never gonna happen lol
dang always get a chuckle when you get the flashbang