Best alternatives to Minim (2026)
5 Chrome extensions that do a similar job to Minim, 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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Minim alternatives, compared
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Minimal New Tab
A minimal, new tab page with clock, weather, and bookmarks with theme support
≈1K users5.0★ from 20 ratingsUpdated 5 months ago3 permissions- About 10× fewer users than Minim
- Rated 0.4 stars higher
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (3 vs 0)
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Minimalist Tab
Minimalist Tab - Browse without distraction
≈5K users3.2★ from 9 ratingsNot updated for 2+ years1 permissions- About 2.0× fewer users than Minim
- Updated less recently
- Asks for more permissions (1 vs 0)
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Minimal New Tab by nurfinn
A minimal new tab with favorite sites, folders, backgrounds, and portable backups.
≈6K users5.0★ from 3 ratingsUpdated 5 days ago2 permissions- About 1.7× fewer users than Minim
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (2 vs 0)
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Mist — Minimal New Tab
A fast, private and customizable new tab for shortcuts, themes, search and optional weather. No account required.
≈3K users4.9★ from 19 ratingsUpdated 3 days ago1 permissions- About 3.3× fewer users than Minim
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (1 vs 0)
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SimpTab - Minimalistic New Tab
Minimalistic's chrome new tab page extension, hope every time open, you have a good mood.
≈5K users4.6★ from 181 ratingsUpdated 7 weeks ago4 permissions- About 2.0× fewer users than Minim
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (4 vs 0)
Minim alternatives: questions
What is the best alternative to Minim?
By users, the most popular alternative is Minimal New Tab by nurfinn with ≈6K users and a 5.0-star rating. The closest match by what it does is Minimal New Tab.
Which Minim alternative has the best rating?
SimpTab - Minimalistic New Tab has the highest rating of these alternatives with 50+ ratings: 4.6 out of 5 from 181 ratings.
How many alternatives to Minim are there?
We list 5 close alternatives to Minim 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.