The Best New Tab Page Extensions in 2026

The best new tab page extensions in 2026 do very different jobs. Some put your favorite sites one click away. Some give you a calm photo and a clock. Others are built to keep you focused or to feed you the news. This list sorts them by what each one is best for, so you can pick the right one for how you work.

How we picked, and a disclosure

We make Speed Dial 2, one of the extensions on this list. We've built new tab pages since 2011, so we know the category well, and we've tried to be fair about where others do a better job.

Every extension here:

• is available and still maintained in 2026, checked against its own website or add-on listing in October 2026,
• is the clear best choice for a specific kind of user,
• is upfront about how it makes money, whether that's a subscription, donations or sponsored shortcuts.

We left out star ratings and user counts on purpose. They change week to week and say little about whether an extension fits you. Prices are as of October 2026.

Quick comparison

Anything listed for Chrome also runs in Brave, Vivaldi and other Chromium browsers.

1. Speed Dial 2: best for visual bookmarks in groups

Speed Dial 2 (ours) turns the new tab page into your websites as visual tiles, sorted into groups like Work, Home or Reading. Each tile shows the site's logo or a screenshot of the page. You can have as many bookmarks and groups as you like.

What it does well:

• Search that understands plain words, like "saved this week" or "most visited in Work".
• A keyboard shortcut that opens your bookmarks, open tabs and recently closed tabs from any page.
• A clock, tasks and notes next to your bookmarks.
• Focus Mode, which blocks distracting sites.
• Full control over layout, colors and backgrounds.
• No ads and no sponsored tiles; the page shows only what you add.
• Free users don't need an account. Your data stays in your browser.

Drawbacks: Several features are part of Speed Dial 2 Pro:

• sync across devices and daily backups,
• the weather, calendar and countdown widgets,
• premium themes and custom fonts,
• the iOS and Android apps.

If you want your bookmarks on two computers, you'll want Pro. The free version gives you six backgrounds and lets you export your data to a file.

Price: Free. Pro is $12 a year.

Browsers: Chrome, Edge, Firefox and Brave.

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Visual bookmarks in groups, natural search, widgets and Focus Mode. Free for Chrome, Edge, Firefox and Brave.

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2. Bonjourr: best for a minimal, private new tab page

Bonjourr is a minimalist start page inspired by iOS. It has a background photo that changes with the time of day, a clock, weather, a search bar, a row of quick links, notes and a Pomodoro timer.

What it does well: It is free and open source (GPL-3.0) and needs no account. It says plainly that it doesn't collect or sell your data and uses no generative AI. Custom fonts and custom CSS let you fine-tune the look.

Drawbacks: Quick links are a short row of shortcuts, not a way to organize dozens of sites. The Safari version is being discontinued.

Price: Free, funded by donations.

Browsers: Chrome, Edge and Firefox, plus a web version.

3. Momentum: best for focus and a daily photo

Momentum replaces the new tab with a full-screen photo, a greeting, a daily focus, a to-do list and a quote. It is a personal dashboard more than a bookmark manager.

What it does well: The daily photo and greeting set a calm tone. Momentum Plus adds a lot for people who plan their day in the browser:

• unlimited Focus Mode time, a site blocker and a Pomodoro timer,
• soundscapes,
• integrations with Todoist, Asana, Trello, ClickUp, Microsoft To Do and others,
• AI features.

Drawbacks: Your websites live in a small Links widget rather than on the page itself. Many of the features people want, such as the site blocker and integrations, need Plus.

Price: Free. Momentum Plus is $39.95 a year. Compare it with Speed Dial 2 in our Momentum alternative page.

Browsers: Chrome and Firefox.

4. start.me: best for a start page you can open anywhere

start.me is a start page that lives on the web. You build pages of links, RSS feeds, notes and other widgets, then open them from any browser, including a computer you don't own. It is popular with teams and schools that share a set of links.

What it does well: Your start page follows your account, not your browser. It suits shared and team use, with team plans available.

Drawbacks: The free plan shows ads and is limited to three pages. Links appear as lists inside widgets rather than visual tiles. start.me's new tab extension covers Chrome and Edge but not Firefox.

Price: Free with ads. PRO is $25 a year and removes ads. See how start.me compares with Speed Dial 2.

Browsers: Any browser on the web; new tab extension for Chrome and Edge.

5. Group Speed Dial: best for power-user dials with free sync

Group Speed Dial is an independent speed dial extension with groups and a long list of options.

What it does well:

• Cloud sync between devices is included for free, with optional end-to-end encryption added in 2026.
• It runs on Firefox for Android as well as desktop.
• It can import from other speed dial extensions.
• Its developer says it has no ads or tracking.

Drawbacks: The settings run deep, which is great for tinkerers and a lot for everyone else. Features such as live dials, folders and the grid layout need the paid PRO upgrade.

Price: Free, with an optional PRO subscription.

Browsers: Chrome and Firefox, including Firefox for Android.

6. TablissNG: best free, open-source widget dashboard

TablissNG is the maintained continuation of Tabliss. Tabliss was a much-loved open-source new tab page that stopped getting updates around 2022.

What it does well: It has many background sources and a set of widgets you can arrange how you like. It is free and open source (GPL-3.0), and it gets regular updates.

Drawbacks: Links are a widget, not the center of the page. If you install the original Tabliss, you get a version that no longer receives fixes.

Price: Free.

Browsers: Chrome, Edge and Firefox.

7. Humble New Tab Page: best if you live in browser bookmark folders

Humble New Tab Page shows your existing browser bookmarks in columns, along with most visited sites, recently closed tabs and apps. You drag folders around to build the layout.

What it does well: It uses the bookmarks you already have, so there's nothing to move. It is light, free and open source (MIT).

Drawbacks: It's text-only, with no visual tiles or widgets. Updates are infrequent; the latest release we found is from April 2025.

Price: Free.

Browsers: Chrome and Firefox.

8. daily.dev: best for developers

daily.dev turns every new tab into a personalized feed of developer news and articles.

What it does well: If you want to keep up with programming news without visiting ten sites, the feed is very good. The core product is free.

Drawbacks: It is a news feed, not a page for your own sites. Its documentation says the Firefox extension is currently unavailable, so Firefox users are pointed to the web app.

Price: Free. Plus is $14.99 a month or $89.99 a year.

Browsers: Chrome and Edge; a web app for other browsers.

9. Infinity New Tab: best for an icon grid with built-in AI

Infinity New Tab gives you a phone-style grid of app icons, wallpapers, widgets and an AI assistant on the new tab page.

What it does well: The grid looks like a phone home screen, and a basic AI assistant is available in the free version. Its store listing says it changes only the new tab page, not your search engine or startup settings.

Drawbacks: Its listing discloses that the new tab may include a few partner shortcuts (such as eBay) by default, which can earn the developer a commission. You can delete them. The paid plans cost more than most others on this list.

Price: Free. Paid plans are $59, $99 or $129 a year. See Infinity New Tab vs Speed Dial 2.

Browsers: Chrome and Edge.

Also worth knowing

• FVD Speed Dial. A long-running visual speed dial with 3D-style dials, published by Apptitude LLC.
  • Its Chrome Web Store listing discloses monetized dials, marked as ads, that contain affiliate codes, and says you can switch them off in settings.
  • It's available for Chrome and Edge. Mozilla removed the Firefox add-on in 2021.
  • Free with sponsored dials; EverHelper Pro is $44.99 a year, $15 a month or $129 lifetime (October 2026).
  • If you're switching, our free FVD converter moves your dials and groups to Speed Dial 2. See the full comparison.
• Your browser's own new tab page. Chrome, Edge and Firefox let you change the background and shortcuts without installing anything. If that's all you need, start with how to customize your new tab page.

How to choose a new tab extension

Start with what you do when you open a new tab:

• You go to the same sites every day. Pick something built around bookmarks: Speed Dial 2 for visual tiles in groups, Group Speed Dial for deep options, or Humble New Tab Page for your existing bookmark folders.
• You want a pause, not a dashboard. Bonjourr or TablissNG.
• You plan your day there. Momentum.
• You switch computers a lot or share links with a team. start.me.
• You read developer news. daily.dev.

A few checks before you install anything:

• Does it change your search engine? The extension's listing should say. Chrome warns you when an extension takes over a setting.
• How does it make money? Look for a clear answer: a subscription, donations, or disclosed sponsored shortcuts.
• Does it work in every browser you use? This matters most on Firefox, where several popular extensions aren't available.
• Can you get your data out? Export to a file or sync to an account means you won't lose your setup when you switch.

If an extension replaced your new tab and you want the old one back, see how to get your new tab page back. If you're after one specific website on every new tab, see how to set a website as your new tab page.

When Speed Dial 2 isn't the right pick

We'd rather you end up with the right extension than the wrong one of ours:

• You want free sync between computers. Sync is part of Speed Dial 2 Pro. Group Speed Dial includes it for free.
• You want almost nothing on the page. Bonjourr is calmer.
• You want task-app integrations or AI on the new tab. Momentum Plus or Infinity do that; Speed Dial 2 doesn't.
• You need your links on computers where you can't install extensions. start.me runs in any browser.
• You want your existing browser bookmarks, untouched, as the page. Humble New Tab Page reads them directly. Speed Dial 2 keeps its own bookmarks, although with Pro its sidebar lets you browse your browser bookmarks too.