Ask HN: Has HN considered adding dark mode?

1 pointtmp104232884421 month ago2 comments

It’s 2026, and HN is one of the few sites that I use that still has no dark mode, which is annoying when using it on my phone. A three-way toggle for system/light/dark appears to be best practice now.

Bender 1mo

It comes up from time to time. It is unlikely the site would change. One could add it locally however if they have uBlock Origin in their browser then one way to add a dark mode would be going into the uBlock Origin settings -> My Filters and adding

    # HN dark Mode:
    news.ycombinator.com##body:style(background: black)
    news.ycombinator.com##td:style(color: #fafafa !important)
    news.ycombinator.com##table:style(background-color: #24273a)
    news.ycombinator.com##div.toptext:style(color: #fafafa)
    news.ycombinator.com##div.c00:style(color: #fafafa !important)
    news.ycombinator.com##a:style(color: #ffa000 !important)
    news.ycombinator.com##span#karma:style(color: #faa000 !important)
    news.ycombinator.com##span.pagetop:style(color: #fafafa !important)
    news.ycombinator.com##textarea:style(color: #696969 !important; background: inherit; )
    news.ycombinator.com###hnmain:style(background: #24273a !important)

Adjust color hex codes as desired. There are a few elements missing in this one, I would have to look for the other version but this should be a start.

d3Xt3r 1mo

Why not install Dark Reader in your browser, or use a dedicated HN client?

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