# Noir Safari extension

7 Hacker News commenters recommended Noir Safari extension and 2 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Recommended for automatically darkening websites in Safari, including Hacker News, and for working reliably on OLED screens. Some pages stay light when their authors opt out of darkening.

## Why people recommend it

- Works in Safari and mobile Safari (2 comments): "I’m running noir in mobile safari now. So, works for me." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49853756)) "I've found Noir to be better on Safari." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49703105))
- Reliable, fixes problems people hit (2 comments): "this is the only extension that never gives an issue" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48390494)) "The Noir extension seems to fix the problem for now." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47096722))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Dark Reader](https://hackerapproved.com/p/dark-reader.md): 41 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Noir Safari extension", https://hackerapproved.com/p/noir/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).