Best alternatives to TabX - Minimalist New Tab (2026)
6 Chrome extensions that do a similar job to TabX, 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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TabX alternatives, compared
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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 71× more users than TabX
- Rated 0.9 stars lower
- Asks for more permissions (5 vs 3)
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iTab New Tab
iTab is a new personalized tab with free customized widgets: Calender, Weather, Breaking News, Wallpapers and so on.
≈300K users4.4★ from 856 ratingsUpdated 8 days ago8 permissions- About 43× more users than TabX
- Rated 0.4 stars lower
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (8 vs 3)
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Minimal Theme for Twitter / X
Refine and declutter the 𝕏/Twitter web experience.
≈50K users4.4★ from 263 ratingsUpdated 8 weeks ago1 permissions- About 7.1× more users than TabX
- Rated 0.3 stars lower
- Updated more recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (1 vs 3)
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A Fine Start - minimal new tab page
A minimal new tab page for Chrome that presents your favorite links as a clean, simple list.
≈2K users5.0★ from 20 ratingsUpdated 6 months ago3 permissions- About 3.5× fewer users than TabX
- Updated more recently
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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- A similar number of users to TabX
- Updated less recently
- Asks for more permissions (6 vs 3)
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Reflect New Tab
Replace Google Chrome's default new tab page with a beautiful dashboard of customizable widgets. You can see an overview of your…
≈10K users4.0★ from 58 ratingsUpdated 20 months ago11 permissions- A similar number of users to TabX
- Rated 0.7 stars lower
- Asks for more permissions (11 vs 3)
TabX alternatives: questions
What is the best alternative to TabX?
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 MSN New Tab.
Which TabX alternative has the best rating?
Minimal Theme for Twitter / X has the highest rating of these alternatives with 50+ ratings: 4.4 out of 5 from 263 ratings.
Is there a TabX alternative that asks for fewer permissions?
Minimal Theme for Twitter / X asks for 1 permissions, against 3 for TabX.
How many alternatives to TabX are there?
We list 6 close alternatives to TabX on the Chrome Web Store, picked by what they do and ranked by how close they are.
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