Hacker News Dark Theme

A comfortable dark theme for Hacker News that reduces eye strain while preserving the site's classic design and functionality.

Features

• Dark Color Scheme: Carefully selected colors for comfortable long-reading sessions
• Preserved Comment Nesting: Maintains the original 10-level grayscale system for visual hierarchy
• Optimized Readability: Enhanced contrast and anti-aliased text rendering
• Complete Coverage: Styles all pages including comments, threads, and submission forms
• Iconic Orange Bar: Keeps the signature HN orange header

Installation

1. Install Tampermonkey browser extension
2. Click on hackernews-dark-theme.user.js
3. Tampermonkey will detect the script and prompt for installation
4. Visit news.ycombinator.com to see the dark theme

Color Palette

Element	Color	Purpose
Background	#1a1a1a	Main background
Text	#e0e0e0	Primary text
Links	#ff9966	Unvisited links
Links (visited)	#cc8866	Visited links with reduced opacity
Orange Bar	#ff6600	Original HN branding

Customization

To adjust colors, modify the CSS variables in lines 19-30:

--bg-primary: #1a1a1a;      // Main background
--text-primary: #e0e0e0;    // Text color
--link-color: #ff9966;      // Link color

Browser Compatibility

• Chrome/Edge (Tampermonkey)
• Firefox (Tampermonkey/Greasemonkey)
• Safari (Userscripts)
• Opera (Tampermonkey)

License

MIT

Author

tizee