Auto Dark Mode

Armin Osaj & Samuel Schiegg·ArminOsaj.AutoDarkMode

Switches between the dark and light theme of Windows at scheduled times.

Tired of looking at dark content while the sun is shining brightly? But at night everything is suddenly too bright? Auto Dark Mode is the solution for you! Android, iOS and MacOS already offer the possibility of changing the system design based on the time of the day. We're bringing this feature to Windows on a larger scale. Auto Dark Mode helps you to be more productive. Because you shouldn't care about changing Windows settings several times a day. As soon as the sun goes down, we'll take care of your eyes. Because a simple design change would be too boring, Auto Dark Mode is packed with useful functions. For example, we can also change your desktop wallpaper or run custom scripts.

winget install --id ArminOsaj.AutoDarkMode --exact --source winget

Latest 11.0.0.54·October 13, 2025

Release Notes

Over the past nine months we worked hard to deliver you the most beautiful version of Auto Dark Mode yet. We completely revamped the user interface, which is now based on the modern technologies of the Windows App SDK. This means that Auto Dark Mode fits perfectly into the design language of Windows 11. This significant change to the codebase let us increase the major version number from 10 to 11. Yep, it's time for Auto Dark Mode 11! However, this update is not only about the looks - although they alone would be enough to catch everyone. The theme switch has also been improved to mitigate many issues. Along with our work on making the wallpaper switch more reliable, this is probably the the most robust theme switch ever. So, not only the looks are awesome, the character is too. What a perfect GitHub profile! Hopefully this will be a match. Unlike your dating matches, you can always expect a reply from the Auto Dark Mode team. Due to the extensive rewrite required for the upgrade to the Windows App SDK, some aspects of the user interface may not fit every scenario. If you encounter something that you don't like or doesn't work as expected, please open a GitHub issue.

New Features:

  • New user interface based on Windows App SDK and WinUI 3. Touch interactions are now supported. Also the scrolling speed with notebook touchpads is no longer excessively fast.
  • Auto Dark Mode can now handle custom themes, for example from Recitfy11.

Improvements:

  • Activation of the color filter has been improved. Rather than relying on a keyboard shortcut, we now use a native method. This makes activation much more reliable.
  • We made significant improvements to the user interface for editing keyboard shortcuts.
  • Wallpaper switch has been improved. Auto Dark Mode will now attempt to correct invalid wallpaper configurations. Additionally, the issue of wallpapers switching back when changing themes should be resolved.
  • Theme switching now additionally uses window broadcasts to allow for a smoother experience. If you still encounter issues, you can enable a more resilient theme switching method in the settings. It's called "More aggressive DWM refresh".
  • Changes to the currently active theme will now be applied even if theme switching is postponed.
  • Accent color for taskbar and window borders has been reworked and is now more reliable.
  • Auto Dark Mode now runs on .NET 9.

Fixes:

  • Geolocation will correctly show the region name again, using an offline, fully-local GIS database instead of relying on Microsoft services.
  • The service no longer crashes when a slideshow cannot be forwarded.
  • Script execution will not be blocked anymore if one of the scripts fails.

Known Issues:

  • Jump list doesn't work. This is a limitation of Windows App SDK. We recommend using the contextmenu of the tray icon instead.
  • Some strings aren't translated.
  • Next update on the time page doesn't update in real time.
  • Auto Dark Mode is not notifying you if it doesn't get location service access.
  • The process list on the condition page isn't filtering processes while typing.

Special thanks: Donators: Thanks to corndog2000 and Chris for helping to bring this ADM release to you! ❤️ You get a once time shoutout in the next release note, if you donate 25 USD or more and providing a name for the changelog. Contributors: Thanks to @ChenYiLins and @Jay-o-Way for building the new user interface 🏅

Installer type: inno

x86C8C6CD8F679C01402AA5F7C1091C17F0E5D6214E38FE07AFA6BD5A88939CC620
arm6402529BB298CE6A9953E33C9F1BBF8249E064DEF9466088E25E0CDB034E338D4D

Details

Homepage
https://github.com/AutoDarkMode/Windows-Auto-Night-Mode
License
GPL-3.0
Publisher
Armin Osaj & Samuel Schiegg
Support
https://github.com/AutoDarkMode/Windows-Auto-Night-Mode/issues
Privacy Policy
https://github.com/AutoDarkMode/Windows-Auto-Night-Mode/blob/HEAD/PRIVACY.md
Copyright
© 2025 Armin Osaj & Samuel Schiegg
Moniker
autodarkmode

Tags

dark-themedarkmodelight-themelightmodedark-switchtheme-switchlight-switchauto-dark-modeautonightmodewindowsautonightmode

Older versions (10)

10.4.2.29
x86userB7404DA1B91F207AFA63F3B444B427F2CE11E4AAE710544B1360768CF8C61AB4
arm64user5CB18E96EA5129F5C60169819E74EB6E41CCA774373B82B1C4323295FB635FE4
10.4.1.1
x64user700032A3CEB02AA536E8A3671B72B9BCEFA5C70D9D71F516F6D9D9AF5BE6A326
x64machine700032A3CEB02AA536E8A3671B72B9BCEFA5C70D9D71F516F6D9D9AF5BE6A326
10.4.0.35
x86user9F4933145DF2341AC271AE1E91296FDE306ECD675E1EB307EB2D4F9BEDBCCE84
x86machine9F4933145DF2341AC271AE1E91296FDE306ECD675E1EB307EB2D4F9BEDBCCE84
10.3.0.90
x64userFD164BB994FFB23682B19354994EF5069BF9D5261C4347B6267BA91289BCD9B3
x64machineFD164BB994FFB23682B19354994EF5069BF9D5261C4347B6267BA91289BCD9B3
10.2.0.18
x64user948A70ED2CE7ABD1F8BFF89CB5112FFC09EA47A7C6A83771064B2C76A3C4A7D9
x64machine948A70ED2CE7ABD1F8BFF89CB5112FFC09EA47A7C6A83771064B2C76A3C4A7D9
10.1.0.10
x64userBB45E187B4842BFC5D25F838D6267C04CAD6FBBFBD70F61113598FC243D1DB49
x64machineBB45E187B4842BFC5D25F838D6267C04CAD6FBBFBD70F61113598FC243D1DB49
10.0.1
x64user1998FE181C1F637DA451D246552C268DF5BF205C9526EFDC7B780B39E807F580
x64machine1998FE181C1F637DA451D246552C268DF5BF205C9526EFDC7B780B39E807F580
10.0.0.26
x64ED95BBD34DE1340DC50A33A6182F0586191ADCE59F18D741558379FB70417367
3.0.1
x86EB58AD3EF3529CE1327ABB7E2417F138B7AA0E5126AE65EE499986C09249282B
2.3.1
x64FEA01593EBCD7AEEC3A4D7566E4C449A486C8C9FECD0B7941EBB036FB0FE2797