Best alternatives to Mist — Minimal New Tab (2026)
10 Chrome extensions that do a similar job to Mist, 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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Mist 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 3.0× fewer users than Mist
- Updated less recently
- Asks for more permissions (3 vs 1)
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Minimalist Tab
Minimalist Tab - Browse without distraction
≈5K users3.2★ from 9 ratingsNot updated for 2+ years1 permissions- About 1.7× more users than Mist
- Updated less recently
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PlainTab · Minimal New Tab
A clean, fast, and privacy-first new tab page.
969 users4.9★ from 21 ratingsUpdated 5 months ago2 permissions- About 3.1× fewer users than Mist
- Updated less recently
- Asks for more permissions (2 vs 1)
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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 2.0× more users than Mist
- Asks for more permissions (2 vs 1)
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Minimal New Tab Clock
A simple, ultra-lightweight clock to replace your tab menu.
≈10K users4.5★ from 152 ratingsNot updated for 3+ yearsNo special permissions- About 3.3× more users than Mist
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (0 vs 1)
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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 133× more users than Mist
- Updated less recently
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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 1.7× more users than Mist
- Asks for more permissions (4 vs 1)
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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 10× more users than Mist
- Updated less recently
- Asks for more permissions (2 vs 1)
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Minim
A minimal newtab for Chrome
≈10K users4.6★ from 85 ratingsUpdated 16 months agoNo special permissions- About 3.3× more users than Mist
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (0 vs 1)
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New Tab
Customize your new tab with custom shortcuts, wallpapers and more
301 users5.0★ from 7 ratingsUpdated 8 months ago1 permissions- About 10.0× fewer users than Mist
- Updated less recently
Mist alternatives: questions
What is the best alternative to Mist?
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 Minimal New Tab.
Which Mist 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 Mist alternative that asks for fewer permissions?
Minimal New Tab Clock asks for 0 permissions, against 1 for Mist.
How many alternatives to Mist are there?
We list 10 close alternatives to Mist 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.