Noir
Noir
Yes, the Noir app and Safari Extension are completely safe to use. Your browsing data is never collected, and your settings will never leave your device or iCloud account.
Noir is a paid app, so its development is directly funded and supported by its customers. The app is the product, not you or your data.
Yes, there is! Noir for macOS is available on the Mac App Store as a separate purchase.
Yes, there is! Noir for Apple Vision Pro is available on the visionOS App Store as a separate purchase.
There can be multiple reasons why Noir doesn't darken a website:
If none of these reasons apply, please report this website and I will have a look at it.
Noir is made to be able to run on every website. However, with millions and millions of websites, I couldn't possibly have checked them all manually. While Noir is built to be adaptive capable of handling almost any trick websites have up their sleeves to define and update their styling, it is inevitable that sometimes you'll come across a website that Noir doesn't work well on. Yet.
In case that ever happens, please report the website through the app. This will notify me about the issue. I will then do my best to look into it, see what's preventing Noir from working properly, and improve the compatibility of Noir on that website!
To report an issue, follow these steps:
or 
button in the address bar, then selecting Noir. On macOS, click on the Noir button in the toolbar.On macOS 15 (Sequoia), Noir comes bundled with two separate extensions: Noir, and Noir for Web Apps.
You only have to use the Noir for Web Apps extension inside Web Apps made with the 'Add to Dock' feature of Safari. In any other case, just use the regular Noir extension.
If you accidentally enabled both extensions at the same time, Noir will warn you about this, as this can lead to unexpected side-effects and issues. Just disable the Noir for Web Apps extension in the Safari settings again to make sure things are set up correctly.
Unfortunately, Web Extensions like Noir only work inside the Safari app on iOS. Most apps load websites within an 'embedded' version of Safari, and sadly it is not yet possible to run extensions there.
The fastest way to load the website with Noir is to open the website in the Safari app. To do that, simply tap the compass button on the bottom right of the 'embedded' Safari. This will open the Safari app, and Noir will immediately be active.
Starting with macOS 15 (Sequoia), Web Extensions can run inside Web Apps that were made with the 'Add to Dock' feature of Safari. For more info on how to set this up, see Can I use Noir in Web Apps on macOS?
While it is recommended to always allow Noir access to all websites, Noir can also be allowed access on a per-website basis. Please note that if you want to disable Noir on certain specific websites, it is much easier to control that directly through Noir. And rest assured, Noir does not collect any of your data.
There are three ways to run Noir:
Please note that on macOS 13 (Ventura) and earlier, only the 'Always Allow on Every Website' mode is available.
Starting with macOS 15 (Sequoia), you can use Noir in Web Apps that were created with the 'Add to Dock' feature of Safari.
To enable Noir inside these apps, simply go to the settings of the Web App (by pressing the command + comma keys inside the app), open the Extensions pane, and enable the Noir for Web Apps extension.
Unfortunately this feature is only supported on macOS, and not on iOS. This is a system limitation.
No, Noir does not collect any of your data. Noir needs access to the pages that you visit, in order to analyze them and generate a dark mode for it. However, none of this data is ever stored.
When you first enable Noir, Safari will show an alert that informs you that extensions are able to access the pages that you visit. This is a default alert that is shown for all extensions, not just for Noir.
You can find out more in Noir's (short and simple) Privacy Policy.
If the keyboard shortcuts you've set up for Noir are not working, it could be the case that they are also used by Safari, or the specific website that you're using. These keyboard shortcuts take priority over Noir's keyboard shortcuts, preventing Noir from picking up on them. To check if this may be the case, please try your keyboard shortcuts on a simple page without custom keyboard shortcuts (such as this one), to see if your keyboard shortcuts work there.
If you're using the StopTheMadness Safari extension, please note that if you have either the "Protect option-key shortcuts" or "Protect all key presses" options enabled, this will also block Noir from reading your keyboard shortcuts. Disabling these settings will fix this.
visionOS does not support a built-in Dark Mode. Because most app windows are semi-transparent, this is not needed.
On other platforms, Noir will be linked to the Dark Mode of your device, but on Apple Vision Pro Noir will follow a time schedule. By default Noir will darken pages between 8PM and 7AM, but you can easily customize this in the Noir app.
Please send an email to jeffrey@getnoir.app and I'll make sure to get back to you!
You can also tap the 'Contact Support' button on the More tab within the app.