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Best alternatives to Halo New Tab Dashboard (2026)

10 Chrome extensions that do a similar job to Halo New Tab Dashboard, closest first. Each shows real store users, its rating, how recently it was updated and how many permissions it asks for.

Halo New Tab Dashboard today

≈10K users4.9★ from 256 ratingsUpdated 7 weeks ago3 permissions

Halo New Tab Dashboard alternatives, compared

  1. 1

    Themes+ — New Tab Dashboard & Wallpapers

    Custom new tab dashboard: 4K live wallpapers, notes, tasks, bookmarks, tabs, timers, media controls & tools. Fast, local & private.

    ≈3K users4.8★ from 21 ratingsUpdated 3 weeks ago13 permissions
    • About 3.3× fewer users than Halo New Tab Dashboard
    • Asks for more permissions (13 vs 3)
  2. 2

    ProductivityTab — Custom Homepage Dashboard

    A remarkably customizable personal homepage featuring 50+ widgets, breathtaking backgrounds and much more.

    ≈30K users4.0★ from 5.2K ratingsUpdated 19 months ago9 permissions
    • About 3.0× more users than Halo New Tab Dashboard
    • Rated 0.8 stars lower
    • Updated less recently
    • Asks for more permissions (9 vs 3)
    • Listed under Workflow & Planning
  3. 3

    CaretTab - New Tab Dashboard

    Your Tab, Your Rules! Infinite customization of your New Tab page with many widget options.

    ≈40K users4.6★ from 885 ratingsUpdated 22 months ago7 permissions
    • About 4.0× more users than Halo New Tab Dashboard
    • Rated 0.3 stars lower
    • Updated less recently
    • Asks for more permissions (7 vs 3)
  4. 4

    Cimple - Aesthetic Browser Theme Extension

    A beautiful productivity-focused theme extension with cinematic animated backgrounds and widgets to make your new tab aesthetic

    ≈1K users4.9★ from 29 ratingsUpdated 6 weeks ago2 permissions
    • About 10× fewer users than Halo New Tab Dashboard
    • Asks for fewer permissions (2 vs 3)
  5. 5

    Tab Widgets - Custom New Tab Dashboard

    Your calendar, inbox, notes and a focus timer on every new tab, with wallpapers and pixel pets too. Free, no account needed.

    ≈2K users4.1★ from 18 ratingsUpdated 4 days ago10 permissions
    • About 5.0× fewer users than Halo New Tab Dashboard
    • Asks for more permissions (10 vs 3)
  6. 6

    HiTab - New Tab Dashboard and Widgets

    Customize your homepage with widgets, and dark mode support

    ≈5K users3.4★ from 29 ratingsUpdated 22 months ago4 permissions
    • About 2.0× fewer users than Halo New Tab Dashboard
    • Rated 1.4 stars lower
    • Updated less recently
    • Asks for more permissions (4 vs 3)
  7. 7

    Tabliss - A Beautiful New Tab

    A beautiful New Tab page with many customisable backgrounds and widgets that does not require any permissions.

    ≈100K users4.6★ from 390 ratingsNot updated for 4+ years1 permissions
    • About 10× more users than Halo New Tab Dashboard
    • Rated 0.3 stars lower
    • Updated less recently
    • Asks for fewer permissions (1 vs 3)
    • Listed under Art & Design
  8. 8

    Elegant

    A stylish new tab with custom backgrounds.

    ≈30K users4.8★ from 424 ratingsNot updated for 3+ years2 permissions
    • About 3.0× more users than Halo New Tab Dashboard
    • Updated less recently
    • Asks for fewer permissions (2 vs 3)
    • Listed under Workflow & Planning
  9. 9

    Halloween Backgrounds

    Spooky Halloween backgrounds for your new tab page

    ≈1K usersNot rated yet1 permissions
    • About 10× fewer users than Halo New Tab Dashboard
    • Asks for fewer permissions (1 vs 3)
  10. 10

    AI Image of the Day

    AI Image of the Day. This extension replaces the new tab with a new background image. The image are generated by AI.

    ≈10K users3.8★ from 20 ratingsUpdated 23 months ago2 permissions
    • A similar number of users to Halo New Tab Dashboard
    • Rated 1.1 stars lower
    • Updated less recently
    • Asks for fewer permissions (2 vs 3)
    • Listed under Art & Design

Halo New Tab Dashboard alternatives: questions

What is the best alternative to Halo New Tab Dashboard?

By users, the most popular alternative is Tabliss - A Beautiful New Tab with ≈100K users and a 4.6-star rating. The closest match by what it does is Themes+ — New Tab Dashboard & Wallpapers.

Which Halo New Tab Dashboard alternative has the best rating?

Elegant has the highest rating of these alternatives with 50+ ratings: 4.8 out of 5 from 424 ratings.

Is there a Halo New Tab Dashboard alternative that asks for fewer permissions?

Tabliss - A Beautiful New Tab asks for 1 permissions, against 3 for Halo New Tab Dashboard.

How many alternatives to Halo New Tab Dashboard are there?

We list 10 close alternatives to Halo New Tab Dashboard 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.