As a user of Aha!, the amount white background I stare at is challenging. I adjust my monitors to reduce glare but it's still a lot. Could we have a dark theme to replace the white background as an option for users?
Alan Sebastian
Apr 22, 2025
This request goes back 6 years! Where is dark mode?
Up voting dark mode and commenting. I prefer dark mode for any application/program I use. Its usually the first thing I look for when evaluating a product.
Looking at this glaring white screen in Aha Roadmaps all day every day is damaging to my eyes. It causes a great deal of eye strain for persons with and without existing eye conditions, even with the blue light night filter turned on all day.
For a product of this magnitude to not permit a user preference for Dark Mode is a major miss for csat and usability. Doesn't Aha have a UI/UX department?
For all of the reasons previously stated, this feature is a must. I don't understand why it was only implemented for Aha Develop. A dark mode option is quickly becoming a standard, and Aha needs to get on the bandwagon!
Sorry for the out-of-date admin message. We just removed it. We are continuing to monitor feedback here and will keep this idea updated as progress is made.
Thank you Jeff for explaining. A dark(er) experience is indeed important. This is mostly because screens are becoming bigger, and the white stands out more. As (almost) application I use has been adapted by now, most of them quite some time ago, the few ones that haven't stand out even more. I have to change my display settings when I use Aha!, because of the contrast.
I apologize – I mistakenly updated the status of this feature to shipped. Thank you for sharing how important this feature is to you! We are continuing to listen to feedback on this topic.
Yesterday I received two e-mails about this idea. The first one said that the status had changed to "Shipped". The second one said that the status had changed to "Future consideration". I hope the first e-mail is right but I'm afraid the second e-mail is right. Having a dark option is one of the few things missing for me in Aha!.
Since this idea was posted 3 years ago, dark mode across native and web apps have very much become a common thing, and many frameworks make its implementation much easier than before.
I don't think the ability to create themes for the UI is required, I agree that is overkill. However, being able to switch between "Light", "Dark", and "Auto" would align Aha with the current UX and accessibility trends embraced by many leading SaaS tools today.
Most apps are introducing the dark theme, it would be beneficial to have this for the Aha web app as there is a lot of white space and the font styles are very slim
Upvote, the Aha! mobile app has a dark background and it's wonderful. I work a triple-split shift in the early morning, mid-day, and evening. Daylight hours are okay but definitely feel the eye strain of bright backgrounds when it's dark.
I'm surprised more people have not voted for this. Might be to do with the user demographics. I've noticed this is a common problem in development tools most used by that certain demographic.
Still, time has moved on, eyeballs have not improved, so the problem still remains. It's a bit mad.
Who would benefit? Users who are light sensitive and get migraines What impact would it make? make life a lot better and make me want to use Aha more How should it work? A user should have the option to switch from light theme to dark them in thei...
Kyle P
over 1 year ago
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Dark Mode skin on the roadmap
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All the software apps I currently use are in dark mode. Aha! is the only app that does not have this feature and has made it difficult to read between apps.
Guest
about 3 years ago
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General Dark Mode
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It's a low priority, and I imagine you already have it on your backlog somewhere, but a general Dark Mode for Aha! would be fantastic, I use Dark mode across everything else, and it's just a personal preference I guess.
Guest
over 2 years ago
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Enable Dark Mode for Roadmap/Feature Boards
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Who would benefit? All User - Anyone experiencing eye fatigue What impact would it make? Improve ergonomics and person health reducing blue light How should it work? Same way you enabled Dark Mode for Develop
Guest
over 1 year ago
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Ability to have different themes when viewing Aha!
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Who would benefit? All users especially those that struggle with bright white backgrounds and/or have accessibility needs. What impact would it make? It would allow users with accessibility needs to engage with Aha! more easily, it would reduce ey...
Pete B
over 1 year ago
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Dark theme
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What is the challenge? A different presentation of the user interface What is the impact? The impact is visual only Describe your idea I have tried using Aha with the Dark Reader browser pluin, which gives an idea as to how this might look and fee...
Guest
8 months ago
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Dark Theme for everyone
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What is the challenge? Light Mode has big impact on the eyes when working for long time in Aha. What is the impact? Better to work and lees impact for the eyes. Describe your idea Having Dark Theme for all users and not only for Develop team.
Guest
11 months ago
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Dark mode in web interface
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Need a dark mode in web UI to ease my eyes. Most of all my other browser based apps in other tabs are set to dark mode. Aha! should have this option in my profile settings as well.
Racheli Nehemia
almost 4 years ago
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Add dark mode to the Aha! interface
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What is the challenge? The current interface is mostly white. I have a visual impairment that makes viewing the Aha! interface painful. I work around this by forcing my browser to invert colors, but this solution is imperfect for many reasons - I ...
Riley H
about 2 months ago
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Dark mode request
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Can you please allow Dark Mode for all users not just developers
Chelsea T
about 3 years ago
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Dark mode for Roadmaps Application
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I couldn't tell if the other dark mode request was for Roadmaps application. The white is blinding.
kristin gerhard steiner
almost 3 years ago
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Dark mode for ideas portals and internal Aha interface!
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Why it's useful? It's fantastic and helps productivity (I think)
Who benefits? My eyes
How should it work? Be dark
Joe Galanti
over 5 years ago
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Dark mode For Entire site
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Howdy you wonderful beautiful soul! I am humbly requesting dark mode for all parts of Aha! I move in between dev and product sides of Aha! and I love the dark mode in dev and want it to be in the product side so badly. Please bring my dreams to a ...
Guest
over 2 years ago
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Dark Mode
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The readability, for me, would be a lot better and a lot less strain on my eyes if there were a dark mode.
Guest
over 3 years ago
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This request goes back 6 years! Where is dark mode?
Wondering why you created a dark mode for your developer app first. Roadmaps is your flagship product and we've been asking for this for years.
Up voting dark mode and commenting. I prefer dark mode for any application/program I use. Its usually the first thing I look for when evaluating a product.
Looking at this glaring white screen in Aha Roadmaps all day every day is damaging to my eyes. It causes a great deal of eye strain for persons with and without existing eye conditions, even with the blue light night filter turned on all day.
For a product of this magnitude to not permit a user preference for Dark Mode is a major miss for csat and usability. Doesn't Aha have a UI/UX department?
Posting a comment since the last was over a year ago. I'm confident that many more want this than have voted.
Im using a chrome extension called Dark Reader and it works well for dark mode
For all of the reasons previously stated, this feature is a must. I don't understand why it was only implemented for Aha Develop. A dark mode option is quickly becoming a standard, and Aha needs to get on the bandwagon!
Sorry for the out-of-date admin message. We just removed it. We are continuing to monitor feedback here and will keep this idea updated as progress is made.
"we hope you can understand" - Dark mode is an accessibility feature... so no, that's not very understandable.
Do we know by when Dark theme will be available to all.
I was trying to switch to "Dark theme" - Settings--->Personal-->Profile
but doesn't work as it says
"This theme will only apply when you are in an Aha! Develop team." !!
I really really need dark theme to work as white screen strains my eyes. it should be free for all by default.
Yes, please
Thank you Jeff for explaining. A dark(er) experience is indeed important. This is mostly because screens are becoming bigger, and the white stands out more. As (almost) application I use has been adapted by now, most of them quite some time ago, the few ones that haven't stand out even more. I have to change my display settings when I use Aha!, because of the contrast.
Hi @Jean-Marc,
I apologize – I mistakenly updated the status of this feature to shipped. Thank you for sharing how important this feature is to you! We are continuing to listen to feedback on this topic.
Yesterday I received two e-mails about this idea. The first one said that the status had changed to "Shipped". The second one said that the status had changed to "Future consideration". I hope the first e-mail is right but I'm afraid the second e-mail is right. Having a dark option is one of the few things missing for me in Aha!.
Since this idea was posted 3 years ago, dark mode across native and web apps have very much become a common thing, and many frameworks make its implementation much easier than before.
I don't think the ability to create themes for the UI is required, I agree that is overkill. However, being able to switch between "Light", "Dark", and "Auto" would align Aha with the current UX and accessibility trends embraced by many leading SaaS tools today.
Most apps are introducing the dark theme, it would be beneficial to have this for the Aha web app as there is a lot of white space and the font styles are very slim
Upvote, the Aha! mobile app has a dark background and it's wonderful. I work a triple-split shift in the early morning, mid-day, and evening. Daylight hours are okay but definitely feel the eye strain of bright backgrounds when it's dark.
yes plz
Would be great to make the usability improvements even more useful by providing a dark theme for them.
I'm surprised more people have not voted for this. Might be to do with the user demographics. I've noticed this is a common problem in development tools most used by that certain demographic.
Still, time has moved on, eyeballs have not improved, so the problem still remains. It's a bit mad.