# Home Browser

> Home Browser is an extension for Chrome, Edge, and Firefox that replaces the new tab with a customizable panel: news via RSS, local favorites, widgets (weather, Wikipedia, and YouTube), Unsplash background, and export/import of settings.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/home-browser](https://chrome-stats.com/d/home-browser)

## Overview

- **ID:** `home-browser`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Rhamses
- **Category:** feeds-news-blogging,search-tools,bookmarks
- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Last updated:** 2026-04-19
- **First published:** 2026-04-16
- **Size:** 76 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-07
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/home-browser/)
- **Website:** [https://rhamses.github.io/home-browser-site/](https://rhamses.github.io/home-browser-site/)

## Description

Home Browser is an extension for Chrome, Edge, and Firefox that replaces the new tab with a customizable panel: news via RSS, local favorites, widgets (weather, Wikipedia, and YouTube), Unsplash background, and export/import of settings. Your new home tab

## Rankings

- #134,843 — Overall
- #160 — chrome browser

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `bookmarks`

### Host permissions

- `https://api.unsplash.com/*`
- `https://images.unsplash.com/*`
- `https://wttr.in/*`
- `https://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/*`
- `https://www.google.com/*`
- `https://www.googleapis.com/*`
- `https://i.ytimg.com/*`
- `https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/*`
- `https://www.youtube.com/*`
- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Very high risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** High risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/home-browser)