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You can also put display settings directly in the menu bar using:

Settings > Control Center > Display > Always Show in Menu Bar

I'll concede it takes a second click to toggle dark mode, but you also have night shift as an option, and it's 100% native.

This option wasn't available in 2018, when NightOwl was released. I had to test our application's Dark Mode implementation and NightOwl was super-useful then. I'm glad Apple made it easier to toggle dark mode in the interim.

Another very simple way is to make your own thing with the default Automator app.

* open up Automator and create new application

* select “change system appearance” and select toggle light/dark mode.

* save the ‘app’

Now, whenever you want to toggle light/dark mode, just open up spotlight and open up whatever you named the app. There’s probably a way to do it with Shortcuts too.

If toggling between modes is all that is needed, it can be done right through BetterTouchTool. I just assigned a right-click+option+cmd globally for it and it works like a charm