Best alternatives to HiTab - New Tab Dashboard and Widgets (2026)
10 Chrome extensions that do a similar job to HiTab, 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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HiTab alternatives, compared
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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 3 days ago10 permissions- About 2.5× fewer users than HiTab
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (10 vs 4)
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Halo New Tab Dashboard
A cinematic productivity-focused new tab dashboard with ambient backgrounds, widgets, and customization.
≈10K users4.9★ from 256 ratingsUpdated 7 weeks ago3 permissions- About 2.0× more users than HiTab
- Rated 1.4 stars higher
- Updated more recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (3 vs 4)
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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 8.0× more users than HiTab
- Rated 1.2 stars higher
- Asks for more permissions (7 vs 4)
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GNTD: Glass New Tab Dashboard
Glass-style new tab dashboard. Search uses Chrome Search API and respects the user's default search engine.
≈200K users4.9★ from 5.3K ratingsUpdated 2 days ago7 permissions- About 40× more users than HiTab
- Rated 1.5 stars higher
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (7 vs 4)
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Casca: New Tab with ChatGPT and Widgets
Customise your new tab page and boost your productivity with Casca Extension
≈10K users4.2★ from 79 ratingsNot updated for 2+ years1 permissions- About 2.0× more users than HiTab
- Rated 0.8 stars higher
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (1 vs 4)
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Speed Dial & Widgets - WebCatalog New Tab
Turn your new tab into a customizable speed dial with app shortcuts, folders, widgets, wallpapers, and cloud sync.
≈20K users4.7★ from 240 ratingsUpdated 9 days ago3 permissions- About 4.0× more users than HiTab
- Rated 1.3 stars higher
- Updated more recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (3 vs 4)
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MONKNOW New Tab - Personal Dashboard
The new tab page you've been dreaming of, with grouped website links, real-time cloud sync, and a dark theme.
≈20K users4.2★ from 491 ratingsUpdated in the last day5 permissions- About 4.0× more users than HiTab
- Rated 0.8 stars higher
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (5 vs 4)
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New Tab Studio: Countdown Widgets, Habit Tracker & Custom Dashboard
New tab countdown to an exam, deadline or birthday, todo list, notes, clock, quotes, weather, pomodoro and aesthetic HD wallpapers.
≈40K users4.8★ from 1.4K ratingsUpdated 5 weeks ago8 permissions- About 8.0× more users than HiTab
- Rated 1.4 stars higher
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (8 vs 4)
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Renewed Tab: Beautiful New Tab with Widgets
A beautiful, powerful new tab page for your browser, with widgets, news, to-do lists, and more
≈6K users4.9★ from 153 ratingsUpdated in the last day3 permissions- A similar number of users to HiTab
- Rated 1.4 stars higher
- Updated more recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (3 vs 4)
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GNT: Glass New Tab – iOS Style Dashboard
Smooth iOS/macOS-inspired glass New Tab with Spotlight search and refined customization. Designed and crafted in India.
≈20K users4.7★ from 283 ratingsUpdated 6 weeks ago8 permissions- About 4.0× more users than HiTab
- Rated 1.3 stars higher
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (8 vs 4)
HiTab alternatives: questions
What is the best alternative to HiTab?
By users, the most popular alternative is GNTD: Glass New Tab Dashboard with ≈200K users and a 4.9-star rating. The closest match by what it does is Tab Widgets - Custom New Tab Dashboard.
Which HiTab alternative has the best rating?
GNTD: Glass New Tab Dashboard has the highest rating of these alternatives with 50+ ratings: 4.9 out of 5 from 5.3K ratings.
Is there a HiTab alternative that asks for fewer permissions?
Casca: New Tab with ChatGPT and Widgets asks for 1 permissions, against 4 for HiTab.
How many alternatives to HiTab are there?
We list 10 close alternatives to HiTab on the Chrome Web Store, picked by what they do and ranked by how close they are.
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