node-dark-mode

Control the macOS dark mode

Requires macOS 10.10 or later.

Install

npm install dark-mode

Usage

import darkMode from 'dark-mode';

await darkMode.enable();
console.log('Enabled dark mode');

await darkMode.toggle();
console.log('Toggled between dark and light mode');

API

darkMode

All the methods return a Promise, except for .watch().

.enable()

.disable()

.toggle(force?)

force

Type: boolean

Force a specific mode. true for dark and false for light.

.isEnabled()

Returns a Promise<boolean> of whether you're in dark mode.

.watch(callback)

Watch for dark mode changes.

callback

Type: (isDarkMode: boolean) => void

Function to call when dark mode changes.

Returns a watcher object with a stop method.

import darkMode from 'dark-mode';

const watcher = darkMode.watch(isDark => {
	console.log('Dark mode is now:', isDark ? 'enabled' : 'disabled');
});

// Later, stop watching
watcher.stop();

Related

• dark-mode-cli - CLI for this module
• alfred-dark-mode - Alfred workflow