Night Messenger
Extension Delisted
This extension is no longer available in the official store. Delisted on 2025-09-16.
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Use Messenger.com at night! A UNOFFICIAL night mode for Facebook's web app. We have no affiliation with Facebook.
A NOTE TO NEW & CURRENT USERS:
- Hi all, it seems that Facebook is planning a big change to Messenger, which may include Messenger.com. If that happens, this extension will invariably break. If Facebook provides their own dark theme, then I'd love to thank everyone who used and contributed to this extension and it was fun while it lasted! If there is still no native night theme supported, I will try my best to re-establish functionality within 1-2 weeks or so. Please understand that it may take some time. Cheers, love you all.
- Secondly, because of the shocking number of copy-cat extensions out there, I've decided to hide the source code of this extension BUT if you have any concerns, please shoot me a message and I'd be happy to show you the code.
REGARDING THE BROWER HISTORY PERMISSION REQUEST:
- There are some users who understandably are concerned about one of the permissions requested from this extension. At the time of this extension's initial dev, accessing the Tabs API - which was necessary for me to make sure this extension ONLY activates on Messenger.com and not your other websites as you browse around - sent the warning message to users that I'd be able to "read your browsing history." This extension doesn't actually ingest/read/track/save your history in ANY way.
- In any case, I believe the Tabs API is no longer necessary to enable this functionality, so I've begun to roll out a release that reduces the requested permissions. If you are still concerned, please feel free to message me at [email protected]. I take user privacy seriously. At the same time, this is a side project for me, so I ask your patience as I try to get to your request. Cheers.
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Night Messenger is an UNOFFICIAL Night Mode for Messenger.com.
Simply click the icon to use.
As of v1.2.5, this extension can be now considered "stable".
DETAILED INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
1. Install by clicking "Add To Chrome."
2. Go to Messenger.com and sign in. (If you already have the window open, refresh it!)
3. Click the extension's icon.
4. You should now be in Night Mode. Yay!
FEATURES IN THE WORKS:
- UPDATED EXTENSION ICON: Let's face it, it looks pretty basic right now.
RELEASE NOTES:
v1.3.4 - A bunch of miscellaneous fixes. Thanks to Manjinder Singh for your contributions!
v1.3.3 - Some color fixes, begin deploying reduced permissions.
v1.3.2 - Enabled custom colors, fixed more broken elements (from Facebook's updates to Messenger.com)
v1.3.1 - Facebook's new styles (big bold text, etc) are starting to creep in. Fixed some things to clean it up! Also, added a Makefile to the source code to speed up and automate some of the building stuff!
v1.3.0 - Miscellaneous fixes. Thanks to the following for filing feedback and issues: henriklb, zorawar87, BlinkSun, blakebuthod, thepcwiz101.
v1.2.9 - Thank you to Phat Tran for the awesome contribution and PR!
v1.2.8 - Fixed emoji padding - thanks Alexander for the PR!
v1.2.7 - Added icons! And minified images! And minified CSS! This means faster loading everytime you load.
v1.2.6 - Routine update, adding back and correcting old styles. Behind the scenes optimizations for more rapid development using gulp.
v1.2.5 - YouTube video demoing the installation of the extension has been added. Also, as per user "Andy M's request, the permissions have been reduced to just Messenger.com as they should have been. Thanks Andy! Also - to all users - in the interest of clarity, please remember that if you have any concerns about how your data is being exposed to this extension, you can check the link to the code at the bottom of this post. The code open-source.
v1.2.4 - Reverted a "Border" that was added around each message by a Facebook update.
v1.2.3 - Tweaked UI CSS for new elements that have since been added; added subtle animation for new unread messages.
v1.2.2 - Tentative visual update with a new color scheme!
v1.2.1 - Fixed a bug with initial load (thank you Rebecca!). Removed dependency on jQuery and now uses Vanilla JS. Opted to use ID instead of CLASSNAME for nightmessenger file.
v1.2.0 -Saved State has now been implemented. Now, your on/off preference should be saved to the cloud. Also: removed unnecessary files, modified permissions to allow for the "saving" feature.
v1.1.4 - Bug fixes (derp). Coverage of CSS elements is nearly complete.
v1.1.3 - Bug fixes. More elements have been switched over. Certain behind the scenes optimizations should make the extension toggle more responsively.
V1.1.2 - Bug fixes. Optimized performance a little bit. Removed annoying Messenger mobile app banner.
V1.1.1 - Bug fixes. Changed the way that "night mode" was applied/removed in the background.
Link to the code on Github: https://github.com/aflashyrhetoric/nightmessenger
Latest reviews
Great extension but due to a Messenger update it doesn't work anymore...
Great extension, but there was probably an update at Facebook, this extension is not working now...
thank you so much for this!! i used it for months but now due to facebook's new update, it won't work anymore. but still, thank you!! i got used to messenger night mode, this was a great extension <3
Not working since November 12th, 2020.
Great extension! I am so glad I found this. Thanks for creating it!
Works well for web messenger, nice extension.
Excellent extension! However, I have one small complaint - please add another foreground color for my (currently logged user) messages - blue cloud and black text color aren't exactly complementing each other. I've tried messing with CSS a little bit and white text color works so much better for blue background.
This Extention help me to save my eyes (Thaank you) but , the message comming when messenger was opened it mark as read but its not read and this caused me problems so please fix the problem for more info my email @ : [email protected]
after using 3 different extensions I finally found one that works perfectly. Thanks Kevin
currently working. thanks for this
So far so good. I found an app before this one and it was a scam. Good thing this app of yours isn't. It's less straining for the eyes at night now. Thank you for this!
useful.
Works great! I'm sure messenger.com will catch up and add Dark Mode soon, since fb.com just did, but in the meantime, great workaround!
It's halfway thru 2020 and Facebook still doesn't have dark mode for messenger.com This will suffice, thanks Kevin
working :))))
Very good solution, thank you. :)
Does what it says, works just fine for me. Well done and thank you Kevin!!!
LOOKS NOICE
Big thanks to Kevin Oh for this extension. Works perfectly.
Generally ok, but not every element is styled to fit dark mode (e.g. when someone replies to a message it's label has white background)
It's dark so it's perfect. What else is there to say? :)
Nice dark mode. However with the new direct answer feature, the line "you answered to X" is not displayed correctly. Can we hope for a fix in the near future ?
I just googled dark messenger with thoughts "there must be something" and it is working perfect. Thank you.
not working
All in all very good extension. A few issues with text not being changed to a light color (makes it hard to use features such as polls), and some text still having white background (descriptors for replies), but this doesn't ruin the experience. Hopefully these will be fixed, but still a very good add-on at the moment.
Great extension but has many obvious ways for improvement especially for group chats... 1. When someone replies to a message using the quoting tool, the replied part becomes a white line 2. For group chats, under the People menu on the bottom right, all the names of the people are in dark black and cannot be read with the existing dark grey background. 3. Same issue with the black text for the description under Group Options on the right panel. Those are the most obvious improvements that can be made but I will see if I can find more. Thanks!
Does what it promises :)
Simple, just works as intended. Huge thanks man!
Muy buena extensión, el único problema es que tarde un poco en cargar, pero es muy buena.
Not working for messenger only webpage
When someone replied to you, there will be a "Name" replied to, highlighted in a white bar, distracting.
This extension is truly amazing 5 stars for sure!! Just a note that when you reply to someone's message line line containing "you replied to personsName" is all white in an otherwise perfect black background. It may have been mentioned before but I thought i'd mention it anyways. Thanks for the killer extension!
Perfect for y'all. Since i guess dark mode doesnt exist on the pc version of messenger
Awesome
You sound fix the like. It appers white.
Finally, a decent dark mode for messenger, other extensions that claimed to offer dark mode did not work. This one is perfect!
I absolutely adore this extension. I don't know how I haven't found it before!! My eyes struggle to adjust to the harsh white light of messenger on my desktop, and my primary device is my mac, so i message on it frequently. This has honestly saved my life and i've been searching for something to do this for yeaaaaarss. Thank you!!!
Great App! Only a few things I would change: darkening the search bar a bit and maybe also the icons. Might be a little bit of work but I think it would really help to look a bit darker
Y'all's doing the Lord's work. Thank you for such a simple modern solution to modern problem!
no funciona 22 setiembre 2019
This app is a life saver(or an eye saver maybe)! Thanks alot Kevin!
Love it, it has saved my eyes from being blasted to oblivion and back.
Although this may be replaced by the actual facebook dark mode it will add, I am glad to say it works as intended.
Pretty fantastic. Such a difference during night time. I really don't know why they didn't implement this themselves but whatever, this works really well!
Works perfectly. Thanks!
Cool is it.
Only wish I had known about this sooner!
Needed this for so long thanks :)
Works smoothly and eye saver thanks!
if it works i rate 5
