# MONKNOW New Tab - Personal Dashboard

> This is the new tab you are dreaming of. Support website URL group management, data sync, dark theme mode.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/monknow-new-tab](https://chrome-stats.com/d/monknow-new-tab)

## Overview

- **ID:** `monknow-new-tab`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** monknow
- **Category:** search-tools,tabs
- **Daily users:** 1,611
- **Weekly downloads:** 46
- **Rating:** 4.73 / 5 (222 ratings)
- **Version:** 4.6.0
- **Last updated:** 2022-06-26
- **First published:** 2019-10-17
- **Size:** 632 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-08
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/monknow-new-tab/)
- **Website:** [https://www.monknow.com](https://www.monknow.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/monknow-new-tab/privacy/](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/monknow-new-tab/privacy/)

## Description

MONKNOW New Tab - Personal Dashboard is the new tab experience you've been dreaming of. It lets you organize your favorite websites using icon groups, customize the layout and wallpaper with thousands of HD options, and maintain productivity with built-in to-do lists. The extension supports data sync across devices by creating an account, ensuring your settings and bookmarks stay consistent wherever you go.

With features like automatic official icon matching, flexible icon customization including uploads of JPG, PNG, SVG, and GIF formats, and support for both light and dark mode themes, MONKNOW New Tab elevates your browsing experience. It also displays a standby page when inactive or on each new tab open, helping you focus and stay organized. Privacy is respected, with permissions only used for core functionalities and no data sent or stored elsewhere. For support or suggestions, users can contact help@monknow.com.

## Rankings

- #2,483 — Overall
- #221 — Tabs
- #295 — Search Tools
- #4 — personalize
- #5 — dashboard
- #46 — board

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`
- `tabs`
- `*://*.monknow.com/*`

## Safety

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

### Analysis details

- Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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## Review summary

The MONKNOW New Tab add-on is widely praised for its sleek design and strong customization options, with many reviews calling it a go-to, feature-rich solution and noting fast cross-browser sync. It’s generally easy to set up and free, with several reviewers highlighting elegance and UI. However, a recurring caveat is server reliability: site downtime or server errors can prevent saving changes or applying customizations (such as wallpapers), affecting user experience when the backend is unavailable.

### Pros

- Highly customizable and feature-rich
- Sleek, elegant UI/design
- Cross-browser synchronization across devices
- Easy to set up / user-friendly
- Free or affordable pricing

### Cons

- Server reliability issues: site downtime and server errors can prevent saving changes and applying customizations

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/monknow-new-tab)