Best alternatives to Embark - New Tab Page (2026)
10 Chrome extensions that do a similar job to Embark, 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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Embark alternatives, compared
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BWNT - New Tab
Minimalist New Tab page.
≈1K users4.5★ from 29 ratingsUpdated 17 months ago1 permissions- About 20× fewer users than Embark
- Updated more 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 5.0× more users than Embark
- Rated 0.2 stars lower
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (0 vs 1)
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Empty New Tab Page
Replace the default new tab page with a blank page while retaining the default favicon. Supports dark mode.
≈3K users4.9★ from 14 ratingsUpdated 4 weeks agoNo special permissions- About 6.7× fewer users than Embark
- Updated more recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (0 vs 1)
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Blank Dark New Tab Page
Empty New Tab Page shows a blank dark page
≈5K users4.8★ from 23 ratingsNot updated for 4+ yearsNo special permissions- About 4.0× fewer users than Embark
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (0 vs 1)
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Simple New Tab
A minimalistic, configurable new tab page.
≈3K users4.6★ from 15 ratingsNot updated for 3+ yearsNo special permissions- About 6.7× fewer users than Embark
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (0 vs 1)
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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 4.5× more users than Embark
- Rated 0.4 stars lower
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (4 vs 1)
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XPage New Tab
XPage just support Chinese for now, it will provide English version in the future.XPage is a free and powerful new tab.
≈8K users4.9★ from 156 ratingsUpdated 2 weeks ago4 permissions- About 2.5× fewer users than Embark
- Rated 0.2 stars higher
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (4 vs 1)
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Panda New Tab
New Tab Dashboard & Widgets
≈40K users4.4★ from 776 ratingsUpdated 16 months ago1 permissions- About 2.0× more users than Embark
- Rated 0.2 stars lower
- Updated more recently
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A Fine Start - minimal new tab page
A minimal new tab page for Chrome that presents your favorite links as a clean, simple list.
≈2K users5.0★ from 20 ratingsUpdated 6 months ago3 permissions- About 10× fewer users than Embark
- Rated 0.3 stars higher
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (3 vs 1)
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Blank New Tab Page - White Smoke
A blank new tab page with White Smoke background, which also supports dark mode.
≈5K users4.7★ from 6 ratingsUpdated 22 months ago1 permissions- About 4.0× fewer users than Embark
Embark alternatives: questions
What is the best alternative to Embark?
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 BWNT - New Tab.
Which Embark alternative has the best rating?
XPage New Tab has the highest rating of these alternatives with 50+ ratings: 4.9 out of 5 from 156 ratings.
Is there a Embark alternative that asks for fewer permissions?
Empty New Tab Page asks for 0 permissions, against 1 for Embark.
How many alternatives to Embark are there?
We list 10 close alternatives to Embark on the Chrome Web Store, picked by what they do and ranked by how close they are.
Users and ratings are the figures shown on the Chrome Web Store, re-checked continuously. Alternatives are matched on name, description, category and topic. Browse best-of lists by niche.