Best alternatives to A Fine Start - minimal new tab page (2026)
7 Chrome extensions that do a similar job to A Fine Start, closest first. Each shows real store users, its rating, how recently it was updated and how many permissions it asks for.
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A Fine Start alternatives, compared
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Embark - New Tab Page
A minimalistic new tab page.
≈20K users4.6★ from 258 ratingsUpdated 21 months ago1 permissions- About 10× more users than A Fine Start
- Rated 0.3 stars lower
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (1 vs 3)
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Lime Start Page
Lime Start Page offers you a beautifully designed new tab with efficiency-increasing functions. This is the official extension of…
≈60K users4.9★ from 492 ratingsUpdated 11 months ago4 permissions- About 30× more users than A Fine Start
- Updated less recently
- Asks for more permissions (4 vs 3)
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Incredible StartPage - Productive Start Page
A new, customizable start page for Chrome. Easily find your favorite bookmarks and closed tabs. Take notes as you browse.
≈50K users4.3★ from 2.3K ratingsNot updated for 2+ years8 permissions- About 25× more users than A Fine Start
- Rated 0.7 stars lower
- Updated less recently
- Asks for more permissions (8 vs 3)
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Awesome New Tab Page™
Enhance your New Tab Page with ultimate customizability and power. Awesome, like you. [ANTP]
≈90K users4.3★ from 13.6K ratingsUpdated 3 months ago4 permissions- About 45× more users than A Fine Start
- Rated 0.7 stars lower
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (4 vs 3)
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TabX - Minimalist New Tab
Improve your web browsing experience with TabX, a beautiful, customizable and lightweight new tab.
≈7K users4.8★ from 423 ratingsUpdated 20 months ago3 permissions- About 3.5× more users than A Fine Start
- Updated less recently
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Empty New Tab Page
With this extension, new tabs display a blank page instead of the usual new tab page with thumbnails.
≈100K users4.4★ from 1.2K ratingsUpdated 24 months agoNo special permissions- About 50× more users than A Fine Start
- Rated 0.5 stars lower
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (0 vs 3)
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Minimal YouTube Homepage
A minimalistic, Google like alternative to YouTube's homepage
≈2K users4.8★ from 26 ratingsUpdated 23 months ago6 permissions- A similar number of users to A Fine Start
- Updated less recently
- Asks for more permissions (6 vs 3)
A Fine Start alternatives: questions
What is the best alternative to A Fine Start?
By users, the most popular alternative is Empty New Tab Page with ≈100K users and a 4.4-star rating. The closest match by what it does is Embark - New Tab Page.
Which A Fine Start alternative has the best rating?
Lime Start Page has the highest rating of these alternatives with 50+ ratings: 4.9 out of 5 from 492 ratings.
Is there a A Fine Start alternative that asks for fewer permissions?
Empty New Tab Page asks for 0 permissions, against 3 for A Fine Start.
How many alternatives to A Fine Start are there?
We list 7 close alternatives to A Fine Start on the Chrome Web Store, picked by what they do and ranked by how close they are.
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