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?
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3 months
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Feb 26, 2026
Dark mode is here for Aha! software. 🌙
Go to Settings -> Personal-> Profile to switch between light and dark mode or follow your system preferences.
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Feb 26, 2026
Much appreciated ⭐. Font colour contrast could be a tad higher against the dark background. The dark mode work well and helps to rest the eyes. No later than yesterday morning I was struggling with the bright whiteness of Aha! Notes in an office environment that had bright light shining from multiple sources, until I could not see straight.
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Sorry for the out-of-date admin message.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.
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 ...
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...
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.
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...
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.
What is the challenge?
hurts the eye with so much white screen
What is the impact?
dry eye
Describe your idea
release a theme view for dask mode to reduce the light from the monitor to reduce the strain on the eye.
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.
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
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.
Ability to have different themes when viewing Aha!
Merged
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...
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 ...
Much appreciated ⭐. Font colour contrast could be a tad higher against the dark background. The dark mode work well and helps to rest the eyes. No later than yesterday morning I was struggling with the bright whiteness of Aha! Notes in an office environment that had bright light shining from multiple sources, until I could not see straight.
It seems that now it is implemented.... Kudos :)
Still on track for delivery by end of year? Looking forward to it!
This is the status update we've all been waiting years for 👏🥳
Any news on this? We've recently implemented the roadmap tool and I find it almost unusable, it's definitely impacting adoption.
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.