Best alternatives to Space Tab (2026)
10 Chrome extensions that do a similar job to Space 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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Spaceboard - New tab dashboard
Opens a dashboard on your new tab, that boosts your productivity and day to day activity on the web.
≈6K users4.5★ from 19 ratingsUpdated 13 months ago16 permissions- About 6.0× more users than Space Tab
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (16 vs 2)
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Speed Dial 2 New tab
Speed Dial 2 is an easy-to-use extension that lets you save and organize your most visited websites and customize your new tab page.
≈300K users4.1★ from 7.7K ratingsUpdated 2 days ago9 permissions- About 300× more users than Space Tab
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (9 vs 2)
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Speed Dial New tab
Speed Dial is an easy-to-use extension that lets you save and organize your most visited websites and customize your new tab page.
≈10K users3.9★ from 121 ratingsUpdated 11 months ago9 permissions- About 10× more users than Space Tab
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (9 vs 2)
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Spaces
Intuitive tab management
≈6K users4.0★ from 180 ratingsUpdated 10 days ago8 permissions- About 6.0× more users than Space Tab
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (8 vs 2)
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Tab Split
Forces each browser start page to open in a new browser window across multiple monitors.
≈3K users1.0★ from 2 ratingsNot updated for 4+ years1 permissions- About 3.0× more users than Space Tab
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (1 vs 2)
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New Tab
Create a blank new tab without any existing content.
≈3K users4.3★ from 3 ratingsNot updated for 4+ yearsNo special permissions- About 3.0× more users than Space Tab
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (0 vs 2)
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MSN New Tab
Add the MSN New Tab for quick access to the latest news, your most visited sites, web search and more.
≈500K users3.9★ from 199 ratingsUpdated 21 months ago5 permissions- About 500× more users than Space Tab
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (5 vs 2)
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Space background pictures new tab
Extention shows Space picture in background of every new tab!
≈3K users4.0★ from 1 ratingNot updated for 3+ years4 permissions- About 3.0× more users than Space Tab
- Asks for more permissions (4 vs 2)
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Tab-Snap
Get open tab URLs for window, or load a list of URLs into new tabs on this window.
≈30K users4.5★ from 125 ratingsNot updated for 2+ years1 permissions- About 30× more users than Space Tab
- Updated more recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (1 vs 2)
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New Tab by Yahoo
This extension customizes your new tab page with beautiful photos with access to your top sites
≈10K users4.1★ from 14 ratingsNot updated for 2+ years6 permissions- About 10× more users than Space Tab
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (6 vs 2)
Space Tab alternatives: questions
What is the best alternative to Space Tab?
By users, the most popular alternative is MSN New Tab with ≈500K users and a 3.9-star rating. The closest match by what it does is Spaceboard - New tab dashboard.
Which Space Tab alternative has the best rating?
Tab-Snap has the highest rating of these alternatives with 50+ ratings: 4.5 out of 5 from 125 ratings.
Is there a Space Tab alternative that asks for fewer permissions?
New Tab asks for 0 permissions, against 2 for Space Tab.
How many alternatives to Space Tab are there?
We list 10 close alternatives to Space 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.