Noir Safari extension
Shares rank 48 of 70 browser extensions by recommenders
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.
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.
9 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 7
- criticize it
- 2
- approval share
- 78%
Recommended in 5 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 7 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 3.5 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 5 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Works in Safari and mobile Safari
“I’m running noir in mobile safari now. So, works for me.”
Comment from 26 Sep 2026 in “Revealing the details of how OpenAI agents hacked Hugging Face” “I've found Noir to be better on Safari.”
Comment from 14 Sep 2026 in “iOS 27, iPadOS 27, and macOS 27” Reliable, fixes problems people hit
“this is the only extension that never gives an issue”
Comment from 3 Jun 2026 in “Show HN: TV Explorer. Adding advanced UI to free online TV” “The Noir extension seems to fix the problem for now.”
Comment from 21 Feb 2026 in “Blue light filters don't work”
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The four most recommended other browser extensions, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
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| NoScript | 61 | 11 | 85% | 12 | 10 yrs4 owners | Approved |
| Claude in Chrome | 53 | 42 | 56% | 9 | — | — |
| Noir Safari extensionThis page | 7 | 2 | 78% | 5 | — | — |
What people said
8 of the 10 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“I’m running noir in mobile safari now. So, works for me.”
“I've found Noir to be better on Safari.”
“the map is dark and invisible”
“this is the only extension that never gives an issue”
“The Noir extension seems to fix the problem for now.”
“now I automatically get dark mode on all websites including Hacker News”
“because the author has explicitly told Noir to not darken the page”
“Works great on OLED screens!”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.