# Homietown

> Grid-based customizable homepage extension, with rain (WIP). Add related links to a page and quickly flick to them by scrolling.

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `homietown`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Spicy Ricecaker
- **Category:** appearance,bookmarks
- **Version:** 1.0.1
- **Last updated:** 2021-04-26
- **First published:** 2021-04-22
- **Size:** 154 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-13
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/homietown/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/SpicyRicecaker/hometown](https://github.com/SpicyRicecaker/hometown)

## Description

Homietown is a Firefox add-on called Hometown that enables users to create a grid-based customizable homepage with a scrolling article-style interface. It is built using Svelte and offers a simple, clean, and fast experience.

## Rankings

- #131,271 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Low risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Can alter new tab settings; fairly benign but with some capability to affect user experience.
- 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/homietown)