digitalCanine's Better New Tab

Name: digitalCanine's Better New Tab
Rating: 5 (1 reviews)
Author: digitalCanine

By: digitalCanine Add-on

A terminal-styled new tab with search and weather

Overview

Firefox Add-ons Store

Daily users

1 ▼ 1

Data as of 2026-07-25

Rating:

5.00

(1)

Version:

1.0.5

Last updated: 2025-12-12

Features & Capabilities

Transform your new tab into a sleek, terminal-inspired command center. Better New Tab brings the aesthetic and efficiency of the command line to your browser with a minimalist interface, powerful search shortcuts, and full customization.

Key Features

Terminal Aesthetics

Monospace fonts and scanline effects for authentic terminal vibes
Clean, distraction-free interface
Real-time clock display
Live weather based on your location

Lightning-Fast Search Commands Search any platform instantly with simple shortcuts:

!gl [query] - Google
!yt [query] - YouTube
!gh [query] - GitHub
!img [query] - Google Images
!wiki [query] - Wikipedia
!reddit [query] - Reddit
!maps [query] - Google Maps
!az [query] - Amazon
!x [query] - Twitter/X
!ddg [query] - DuckDuckGo

Just type your query normally for default DuckDuckGo search.

Fully Customizable Colors Type !config to open the color customizer and make it truly yours:

Change background, foreground, and accent colors
Match your terminal color scheme perfectly
Settings persist across sessions
Reset to defaults anytime

Built-in Terminal Commands

!help - View all commands
!neofetch - Display browser/system info
!hist - Show your search history
!config - Customize colors

Bookmarks Up to 6 bookmarks can be added for quick access!

Auto-Detecting Weather Displays your city, current temperature, and conditions without any setup required.

Perfect For

Developers who live in the terminal
Keyboard-first users who love efficiency
Anyone who wants a cleaner, faster new tab experience
Users who appreciate minimalist design
People who want their browser to match their terminal aesthetic

Privacy First

No tracking or analytics
No data sent to external servers (except weather APIs)
All settings stored locally on your device
Open source and transparent

Pro Tips

Type !help to see all available commands
Customize colors with !config to match your setup
Use search shortcuts to skip multiple clicks
Check out !neofetch for fun browser stats

Get Started

Install the extension
Open a new tab (automatically loads Better New Tab)
Type !help to see all commands
Type !config to customize your colors
Start searching faster than ever!

Want it as your homepage too? 1. Open a new tab with the extension loaded 2. Bookmark the page (Ctrl+D or click the star icon) 3. Go to Firefox Settings → Home 4. Under "Homepage and new windows", select "Custom URLs" 5. Click "Use Current Pages" or paste your bookmark URL

Now Better New Tab will load on both new tabs AND when you click the home button!

User Growth & Download Statistics

Add-on

By:

Daily users:

Rating:

Version:

1.0.5 Last updated: 2025-12-12

Version code:

6097279

Creation date:

2025-12-08

Risk:

Permissions:

storage

Size:

16.51KB

URLs:

Website

Full description:

Source:

Firefox Add-ons Store

Data ingested on:

2026-07-25

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 79,715 ▼ 20,718

Other rankings

#186 in temperature keyword 13 ▼ 18

For Developers

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Contact the developer

Chrome-Stats does not own this Firefox add-on. Please use these information below to contact the Firefox add-on developer.

Developed by:

digitalCanine

Firefox Add-ons Store

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/dc-better-new-tab/

Website:

https://github.com/digitalCanine/better-new-tab

User Reviews

Beautiful ol'time terminal look. No bµllsh¡t. Only the necessary.

by Ke*****, 2026-03-08

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Is digitalCanine's Better New Tab Safe?

Risk impact

Risk impact measures the level of extra permissions an extension has access to. A low risk impact extension cannot do much harms, whereas a high risk impact extension can do a lot of damage like stealing your password, bypassing your security settings, and accessing your personal data. High risk impact extensions are not necessarily malicious. However, if they do turn malicious, they can be very harmful.

digitalCanine's Better New Tab requires very minimum permissions.

Risk impact analysis details

Medium Can alter new tab settings; fairly benign but with some capability to affect user experience.

Risk likelihood

Risk likelihood measures the probability that a Firefox add-on may turn malicious. This is determined by the publisher and the Firefox add-on reputation on Firefox Add-ons Store, the amount of time the Firefox add-on has been around, and other signals about the Firefox add-on. Our algorithms are not perfect, and are subject to change as we discover new ways to detect malicious extensions. We recommend that you always exercise caution when installing a Firefox add-on.

digitalCanine's Better New Tab is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this add-on.

Risk likelihood analysis details

High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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