Best alternatives to Mac New Tab (2026)
10 Chrome extensions that do a similar job to Mac New Tab, 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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Mac New Tab alternatives, compared
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MYNT: Material You New Tab
A Simple New Tab (browser's home page) inspired by Google's 'Material You' design.
≈200K users4.8★ from 295 ratingsUpdated 2 months ago1 permissions- About 20× more users than Mac New Tab
- Asks for fewer permissions (1 vs 5)
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New Tab
A minimalist replacement for Chrome's New Tab page.
≈30K users3.6★ from 170 ratingsUpdated 5 months ago2 permissions- About 3.0× more users than Mac New Tab
- Rated 1.3 stars lower
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (2 vs 5)
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Tab Manager for Chrome™
Quick access to all opened tabs. Manage browser tabs to easily navigate and switch between them.
≈10K users4.2★ from 82 ratingsNot updated for 2+ years5 permissions- A similar number of users to Mac New Tab
- Rated 0.7 stars lower
- Updated less recently
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Tab manager
Easily arrange your Chrome tabs in layouts of tiled sub-windows.
≈2K users3.0★ from 5 ratingsUpdated 3 months ago8 permissions- About 5.0× fewer users than Mac New Tab
- Updated less recently
- Asks for more permissions (8 vs 5)
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Tab Muter
Re-enables the "Mute Tab" feature once found in Chrome itself.
≈100K users4.4★ from 187 ratingsUpdated 4 months ago1 permissions- About 10× more users than Mac New Tab
- Rated 0.5 stars lower
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (1 vs 5)
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New Tab Draft
Simple & clean writing experience on browser new tab.
≈9K users4.8★ from 1.2K ratingsNot updated for 3+ years1 permissions- A similar number of users to Mac New Tab
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (1 vs 5)
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NewTab
A Simple New Tab inspired by Google's 'Material You' design.
≈1K users3.8★ from 4 ratingsUpdated 24 months ago2 permissions- About 10× fewer users than Mac New Tab
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (2 vs 5)
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Tab Manager Plus for Chrome
Quickly find open tabs, see all windows in one view, find duplicates and limit tabs per window. The best Tab Manager for Chrome.
≈200K users4.7★ from 1.1K ratingsNot updated for 2+ years4 permissions- About 20× more users than Mac New Tab
- Rated 0.2 stars lower
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (4 vs 5)
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mtab
a simple configurable new tab extension
≈20K users4.9★ from 33 ratingsUpdated 3 weeks ago5 permissions- About 2.0× more users than Mac New Tab
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Bonjourr · Minimalist New Tab Page
A beautiful and customizable new tab page inspired by iOS, designed for a calm and focused browsing experience.
≈400K users4.9★ from 24.3K ratingsUpdated 3 months ago1 permissions- About 40× more users than Mac New Tab
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (1 vs 5)
Mac New Tab alternatives: questions
What is the best alternative to Mac New Tab?
By users, the most popular alternative is Bonjourr · Minimalist New Tab Page with ≈400K users and a 4.9-star rating. The closest match by what it does is MYNT: Material You New Tab.
Which Mac New Tab alternative has the best rating?
Bonjourr · Minimalist New Tab Page has the highest rating of these alternatives with 50+ ratings: 4.9 out of 5 from 24.3K ratings.
Is there a Mac New Tab alternative that asks for fewer permissions?
MYNT: Material You New Tab asks for 1 permissions, against 5 for Mac New Tab.
How many alternatives to Mac New Tab are there?
We list 10 close alternatives to Mac New Tab 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.