Best alternatives to Tab Widgets - Custom New Tab Dashboard (2026)
10 Chrome extensions that do a similar job to Tab Widgets, 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 Widgets alternatives, compared
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HiTab - New Tab Dashboard and Widgets
Customize your homepage with widgets, and dark mode support
≈5K users3.4★ from 28 ratingsUpdated 21 months ago4 permissions- About 2.5× more users than Tab Widgets
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (4 vs 10)
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New Tab Studio: Countdown Widgets, Habit Tracker & Custom Dashboard
New tab countdown to an exam, deadline or birthday, todo list, notes, clock, quotes, weather, pomodoro and aesthetic HD wallpapers.
≈40K users4.9★ from 1.4K ratingsUpdated 6 days ago8 permissions- About 20× more users than Tab Widgets
- Asks for fewer permissions (8 vs 10)
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Halo New Tab Dashboard
A cinematic productivity-focused new tab dashboard with ambient backgrounds, widgets, and customization.
≈10K users4.8★ from 208 ratingsUpdated 3 weeks ago3 permissions- About 5.0× more users than Tab Widgets
- Asks for fewer permissions (3 vs 10)
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CaretTab - New Tab Dashboard
Your Tab, Your Rules! Infinite customization of your New Tab page with many widget options.
≈40K users4.4★ from 884 ratingsUpdated 21 months ago7 permissions- About 20× more users than Tab Widgets
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (7 vs 10)
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GNTD: Glass New Tab Dashboard
Glass-style new tab dashboard. Search uses Chrome Search API and respects the user's default search engine.
≈200K users4.9★ from 4.9K ratingsUpdated 2 weeks ago7 permissions- About 100× more users than Tab Widgets
- Asks for fewer permissions (7 vs 10)
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PrismTab - New Tab Dashboard
Lightning-fast, powerful and fully customizable new tab page.
≈7K users5.0★ from 7 ratingsUpdated in the last day7 permissions- About 3.5× more users than Tab Widgets
- Asks for fewer permissions (7 vs 10)
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New Tab — Infinity Dashboard
Customize your New Tab page with a personalized dashboard, built-in browser page, or custom URL.
314 users5.0★ from 9 ratingsUpdated 6 weeks ago4 permissions- About 6.4× fewer users than Tab Widgets
- Asks for fewer permissions (4 vs 10)
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New Tab Widgets
New Tab Widgets
225 users3.0★ from 2 ratings6 permissions- About 8.9× fewer users than Tab Widgets
- Asks for fewer permissions (6 vs 10)
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Casca: New Tab with ChatGPT and Widgets
Customise your new tab page and boost your productivity with Casca Extension
≈10K users4.2★ from 78 ratingsNot updated for 2+ years1 permissions- About 5.0× more users than Tab Widgets
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (1 vs 10)
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CentralTab - New Tab Page, Speed Dial Dashboard with AI
A beautiful, customizable new tab page with speed dial, widgets and wallpapers.
423 users4.9★ from 8 ratingsUpdated 12 days ago23 permissions- About 4.7× fewer users than Tab Widgets
- Asks for more permissions (23 vs 10)
Tab Widgets alternatives: questions
What is the best alternative to Tab Widgets?
By users, the most popular alternative is GNTD: Glass New Tab Dashboard with ≈200K users and a 4.9-star rating. The closest match by what it does is HiTab - New Tab Dashboard and Widgets.
Which Tab Widgets alternative has the best rating?
GNTD: Glass New Tab Dashboard has the highest rating of these alternatives with 50+ ratings: 4.9 out of 5 from 4.9K ratings.
Is there a Tab Widgets alternative that asks for fewer permissions?
Casca: New Tab with ChatGPT and Widgets asks for 1 permissions, against 10 for Tab Widgets.
How many alternatives to Tab Widgets are there?
We list 10 close alternatives to Tab Widgets on the Chrome Web Store, picked by what they do and ranked by how close they are.
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