Aurora: Productive and cozy new tab

Name: Aurora: Productive and cozy new tab
Rating: 4.484210526315789 (95 reviews)
Author: omninewtab

Free to define your new tab,add website icons,HD wallpapers,quick access to bookmarks,todo list,weather and history

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Aurora: Productive and Cozy New Tab is a Chrome extension designed to redefine your browsing experience with a fully customizable new tab interface. It offers over 40 customizable settings to tailor your tab's layout, allowing you to add website icons, manage bookmarks, and enjoy quick access to your favorite sites. The extension includes a wide selection of HD wallpapers, with options to upload your own, for a visually appealing environment.

Beyond aesthetics, Aurora enhances productivity with features such as to-do lists, weather forecasts, calendar, browsing history, and efficient navigation through frequently used websites. It supports feature grouping, enabling organization of website shortcuts by habits. Additionally, Aurora offers multiple mainstream search engine integrations and intelligent search association. Users can back up their settings and data via cloud sync by registering an account, ensuring seamless access across devices. Aurora combines ease of use, excellent UI, and robust features to make your new tab a truly personalized and efficient space.

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By:: omninewtab
Users:: 9,000+
Rating:: 4.48

(95) 0.14
Version:: 2.3.12 (Last updated: 2025-04-25)
Creation date:: 2022-08-26
Risk:: High risk impact Low risk likelihood
Permissions:: activeTab
storage
unlimitedStorage
alarms
search
Host permissions:: https://www.baidu.com/
https://www.google.com/
Size:: 3.79M
Email:: om*****@gmail.com
URLs:: Privacy policy
Full description:: See detailed description
Source:: Chrome Web Store
Updated:: a day ago

Ranking

# 9,802 ▼ 323

Other rankings

#672 in Workflow & Planning ▲ 1

#55 in new tabs keyword 48 ▼ 2

#79 in new tab keyword 47 ▼ 5

#98 in browser tab keyword 57 ▲ 14

#102 in productivity keyword 20 ▼ 1

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Aurora: Productive and cozy new tab (v2.3.14)

7,082+ 4.50

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User reviews

Users appreciate Aurora for its high customizability, clean interface, and useful widgets. Backup and restore features are valued for syncing across devices. However, multiple reviewers report network connection errors that prevent login and background loading. Other common issues include missing features such as mouse wheel tab opening and search bar disabling, occasional configuration resets, and needing manual adjustments for site icons. Overall, it is seen as a powerful and well-designed extension with some stability and feature enhancements needed.

Pros

Highly customizable with many settings for personalization.
Simple, clean, and beautiful user interface.
Useful widgets such as to-do lists and calendar.
Backup and restore functionality between devices.
Easy to use and efficient for browsing.

Cons

Frequent network connection errors affecting login and background loading.
Lack of some desired features like mouse wheel opening tabs and disabling search bar.
Issues with configuration reset after disk space is full.
Some difficulties with site recognition and manual logo assignment.
Limited search box behavior customization, e.g., opening in the same tab.

Recent reviews

Best App

AlexAAC, 2025-04-26

为啥用了几天之后网络请求出错，没法点开标签和管理首页了

Vincent Lee, 2025-04-24

Was working great, then the last week or so it doesn't load backgrounds or icons. At this point you can't even log in.

Michael Landon, 2025-04-23

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Extension safety

Risk impact

Aurora: Productive and cozy new tab requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

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Risk likelihood

Aurora: Productive and cozy new tab has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

Risk likelihood analysis details

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