Hello everyone. I love sitting on iNaturalist in the evenings but i find the bright colors can really hurt my eyes after some time. I have been wishing for a dark mode but since I don’t think there is one at this time I made a dark mode via Stylus for myself, but I figured I could publish it so that…

I honestly enjoy seeing the little imperfections and differences such as the lime green buttons. It’s a fun way to switch things up.

Woah… that is very weird. I’ve never tried it before.

To address @tiwane ’s question here : Wow, just trying out Dark Reader now and it’s working pretty well. I don’t think iNat will be redesigning the site any time soon, but when we do it’s possible we can address this. Curious, are there any glaring issues when using Dark Reader? Dark reader mostly…

Hey sorry for reviving this discussion, I know it was brought up in both 2019 and 2024. I know about this thread: https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/dark-mode-style/55516 But sorry I need to bring it up again. I don’t understand why this isn’t on the to-do list. It is an accessibility issue, not just…

I moved the above post to this existing thread and re-opened to keep discussion in one place.

Thanks! I couldn’t respond here cause it was closed. I went to General cause that’s where the other discussion was. This works.

Accessibility remains an UNresolved issue on iNat https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/discussion-accessibility-for-inaturalist/66483 which is also closed

That does indicate a bigger issue. What I really don’t understand is the resistance to this one. While I agree that all accessibility features matter, I do understand that some are more difficult to implement if you’re low on resources. Dark Mode seems so simple though. It’s why I’m confused. Is th…

[image] felicia54513: I would also like to see a dark mode in the iNat app. That’s not something a browser extension can solve, unless there already is one and I can’t find it. From staff: [image] Add dark theme for mobile apps it’s something that is eventually planned for the upcoming ne…

Ok that’s good! I understand that it takes time, I just look at these previous threads and keep seeing it’s being scrapped or denied, which I really didn’t understand.

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DianaStuder February 7, 2026, 6:27pm 30

Perhaps it can be in the goals for the second half of the year ?

https://www.inaturalist.org/blog/123394-our-product-goals-for-january-june-2026

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