Best alternatives to Tab Customizer (2026)
10 Chrome extensions that do a similar job to Tab Customizer, 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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Tab Customizer alternatives, compared
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Customizer
Add custom CSS to one or many sites
204 users5.0★ from 1 ratingUpdated 3 months ago2 permissions- About 9.8× fewer users than Tab Customizer
- Asks for fewer permissions (2 vs 6)
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Twitter Customizer
Use your own GIF, PNG, or JPEG image to replace Twitter's logo and favicon.
246 users3.8★ from 10 ratingsNot updated for 2+ years2 permissions- About 8.1× fewer users than Tab Customizer
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (2 vs 6)
- 3
Custom New Tab URL
Open new tabs to a URL you control, configurable via the extension options.
340 users5.0★ from 2 ratingsUpdated 11 months ago2 permissions- About 5.9× fewer users than Tab Customizer
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (2 vs 6)
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Custom Tab Title
Change and maintain custom tab titles
965 users4.6★ from 5 ratingsUpdated 16 months ago4 permissions- About 2.1× fewer users than Tab Customizer
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (4 vs 6)
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BandLab Theme Customizer
Customize the colors and themes of BandLab. (by: aidenwrld)
564 users4.5★ from 2 ratingsUpdated 10 months ago3 permissions- About 3.5× fewer users than Tab Customizer
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (3 vs 6)
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Custom New Tab Background
Set a custom new tab background or wallpaper. Just that, nothing else. Make sure the image is smaller than 5 MB
≈10K users3.9★ from 54 ratingsUpdated 16 months agoNo special permissions- About 5.0× more users than Tab Customizer
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (0 vs 6)
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Clear New Tab
Remove everything from the new tab page while keeping your theme background, or use any image, GIF, or video as a custom wallpaper.
≈40K users4.5★ from 336 ratingsUpdated 4 weeks ago6 permissions- About 20× more users than Tab Customizer
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CGT: Customizable Glass Tab
A customizable glass new tab: bookmark dock, weather, news, Spotify controls with an audio visualizer, and synced lyrics.
231 users5.0★ from 3 ratingsUpdated 6 days ago25 permissions- About 8.7× fewer users than Tab Customizer
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (25 vs 6)
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Bookmark Icon Customizer
Customize bookmark favicons with emojis, 14,000+ Material Design Icons, or your own images. Works with bookmarklets & webhooks.
≈1K users4.5★ from 4 ratingsUpdated 10 days ago4 permissions- About 2.0× fewer users than Tab Customizer
- Asks for fewer permissions (4 vs 6)
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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 15× more users than Tab Customizer
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (2 vs 6)
Tab Customizer alternatives: questions
What is the best alternative to Tab Customizer?
By users, the most popular alternative is Clear New Tab with ≈40K users and a 4.5-star rating. The closest match by what it does is Customizer.
Which Tab Customizer alternative has the best rating?
Clear New Tab has the highest rating of these alternatives with 50+ ratings: 4.5 out of 5 from 336 ratings.
Is there a Tab Customizer alternative that asks for fewer permissions?
Custom New Tab Background asks for 0 permissions, against 6 for Tab Customizer.
How many alternatives to Tab Customizer are there?
We list 10 close alternatives to Tab Customizer on the Chrome Web Store, picked by what they do and ranked by how close they are.
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