Rule your new tab

Your new tab page, built by you. Drag a countdown, a to-do list, a clock or a habit tracker onto any wallpaper and put them exactly where you want them.

Available in the Chrome Web StoreGet New Tab Studio for Firefox

40,000 users · 4.9 out of 5 on the Chrome Web Store

A New Tab Studio page with a countdown, clock, date and to-do list over a landscape wallpaper

What you can put on a new tab

The default new tab shows you a search box and a grid of places you have already been. Same page for everyone, tells you nothing about your day, and you look at it dozens of times before lunch. Seems a waste. So: a blank page, 33 widgets, any wallpaper you like, and a layout you can hand to someone else.

Browse the widget catalogue

Three things people build with it

A deadline you cannot ignore

A countdown to the exam, the hand-in, the release — big enough that you see it before anything else. This is what most people install the extension for, and why the word is in its name on the Chrome store.

A working dashboard

Task lists per project, a calendar, notes for the things you keep retyping, and links placed where you actually reach for them. Opens instantly, because there is nothing to load.

A vision board

Photos and GIFs of what you are working towards, a habit tracker for the work itself, a quote to keep you honest. The most reliably seen wall you own is the one inside your browser.

How it works

Install it and your next new tab offers you a starting template — or skip that and begin on an empty page. The + button opens the widget panel, a click adds a widget, and you drag it wherever you like. Double-click to edit what is inside, drag a corner to resize, Ctrl+Z when it all goes wrong. No account, no setup, no tutorial to sit through.

Your page is stored in your browser, on your machine. The layout, your task lists, your notes and your countdown dates stay there — they are not uploaded to us, and there is no sync service holding a copy. The trade-off is worth knowing before you start: clearing your browser data clears your page, and nothing moves between computers on its own. To move a page, publish it as a theme and install that theme on the other machine.

Free and PRO

Free gets you three widgets added by hand, every widget type, and no trial clock ticking. The bit people miss: widgets that arrive with an installed theme do not count at all — so a ready-made page carrying a dozen of them is free. Building from scratch is what costs. Three workspaces are included as well.

PRO removes the widget limit, allows unlimited habit trackers, changes how many workspaces you can have, and unlocks daily and weekly countdown repeats, the workday countdown and timezones on the analog clock.

What people say about it

  • really good app!! i love the amount of widgets and customization options available, and everything has been running smoothly so far :)

    akaru ·
  • Awesome extension. Does what is says on the tin, and makes it simple.

    Anthony Lenton ·
  • Good for my exam countdown.

    Yashoda Bandara ·
  • best for its mutiple countdowns,like days,weeks,minutes,even sec all at once and seperated...

    archit yadav ·
  • so many different features. love the ability to have different workspaces for different needs easily.

    Nipuni JM ·
  • Good features like week targets and habit tracker with counter is helpful.

    jarvis ·
  • Amazing application has really helped me to be more organized and plan out my upcoming events and remain more focused

    Lerm da kiwi ·
  • Good but I can't edit my sticky notes for some reason right now

    Vivian Le ·

Left on the Chrome Web Store, quoted as written. The extension holds 4.9 out of 5 across 1,400 ratings there — including the critical ones, which are worth a read too.

Themes made by other people

Any page you build can go into the theme gallery, and anything in it installs in one click — wallpaper, widgets, positions, styling. Easily the fastest start: find something close to what you want, then swap in your own dates and lists.