New Tab Cat
A cat, growing at every tab open!
What is New Tab Cat?
New Tab Cat is a Google Chrome extension that replaces your new tab page with a cat emoji on a plain background. The cat will get bigger at every new tab you open. Enjoy minimalistic design, fast loading, customizable emoji and background color, and a new tab tally feature. No telemetry is used. Use the SVG option if your OS doesn't support emojis. The extension is created by @maximilianoljanenko.
Extension stats
By: Adrien
Creation date: 2019-03-09 
Manifest version: 2
Overrides new tab: Yes
Permissions:
- storage
Size: 59.04K
Email: si*****@adrien.sh
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Extension summary
New Tab Cat is a Google Chrome extension that replaces your new tab page with a cat emoji on a plain background. The cat will get bigger at every new tab you open (resets at midnight).
Features: A cat No telemetry Minimalist Fast loading Customizable emoji Customizable background color New tab tally (hover over cat for emoji) Now with SVG! (useful if you don't have emoji on your OS) You can still use the emoji, by choosing so in the settings
Credit: @maximilianoljanenko for the paw icon.
User reviews
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Tom Vines, 2024-11-13
Tom Vines, 2024-11-13Transformed my browser! New Tab Cat makes me more productive.
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A Google user, 2019-01-14
A Google user, 2019-01-14Immediately erased all my other tab related extensions, New Tab Cat is where it is at!
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Mike Romani, 2018-10-13
Mike Romani, 2018-10-13Extension safety
Risk impact
New Tab Cat requires very minimum permissions.
Risk likelihood
New Tab Cat has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.
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