Best alternatives to mtab (2026)
10 Chrome extensions that do a similar job to mtab, 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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Simple Modern Architecture Tab
Simple Tab is a new tab extension.
≈10K usersNot rated yetNot updated for 3+ years1 permissions- About 1.7× more users than mtab
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (1 vs 5)
- Listed under Tools
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CoffeTab
CoffeTab New Tab extension
≈50K usersNot rated yetNot updated for 3+ yearsNo special permissions- About 8.3× more users than mtab
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (0 vs 5)
- Listed under Tools
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Breeze
A clean new tab extension
≈30K users4.7★ from 11 ratingsUpdated 20 months ago4 permissions- About 5.0× more users than mtab
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (4 vs 5)
- Listed under Tools
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MonkeyTab
MonkeyTab Chrome extension is designed to bring beautiful images of a variety of Monkeys species to your browser's new tab.
≈2K users5.0★ from 1 ratingNot updated for 2+ years3 permissions- About 3.0× fewer users than mtab
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (3 vs 5)
- Listed under Accessibility
- 5
Exam Countdown
A New Tab Countdown Extension
≈1K users4.7★ from 23 ratingsUpdated 5 months ago2 permissions- About 6.0× fewer users than mtab
- Rated 0.2 stars lower
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (2 vs 5)
- Listed under Education
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Mountains Tab
Mountains Tab is a Chrome Extension for the New Tab
≈5K users4.0★ from 4 ratingsNot updated for 3+ years1 permissions- A similar number of users to mtab
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (1 vs 5)
- Listed under Tools
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Ultab - New Tab Page
Give a clean and modern look to your new tab page.
≈2K users4.9★ from 78 ratingsNot updated for 4+ years5 permissions- About 3.0× fewer users than mtab
- Updated less recently
- Listed under Accessibility
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Microsoft WowTab
WowTab is a highly customizable new tab extension focused on efficiency enhancement, created by Microsoft.
≈2K users3.5★ from 21 ratingsUpdated 24 months ago5 permissions- About 3.0× fewer users than mtab
- Rated 1.5 stars lower
- Updated less recently
- Listed under Tools
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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 users4.7★ from 183 ratingsUpdated 3 months ago4 permissions- A similar number of users to mtab
- Rated 0.3 stars lower
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (4 vs 5)
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nuTab
Capture your thoughts and save favorite pages in a new tab
≈1K users4.6★ from 21 ratingsUpdated 23 months ago2 permissions- About 6.0× fewer users than mtab
- Rated 0.4 stars lower
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (2 vs 5)
- Listed under Tools
mtab alternatives: questions
What is the best alternative to mtab?
By users, the most popular alternative is CoffeTab with ≈50K users. The closest match by what it does is Simple Modern Architecture Tab.
Which mtab alternative has the best rating?
Ultab - New Tab Page has the highest rating of these alternatives with 50+ ratings: 4.9 out of 5 from 78 ratings.
Is there a mtab alternative that asks for fewer permissions?
CoffeTab asks for 0 permissions, against 5 for mtab.
How many alternatives to mtab are there?
We list 10 close alternatives to mtab 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.