New Tab Tools

Name: New Tab Tools
Rating: 4.0198 (353 reviews)
Author: Geoff Lankow

Customizes the new tab page. Add more tiles. Have a background image. Set new tile images and titles. See recently closed tabs. And more...

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Features & Capabilities

New Tab Tools is a versatile Chrome extension designed to help users personalize their new tab page. With this tool, you can add more tiles, set custom images and titles for each tile, and even display your recently closed tabs for quick access. Though the extension is no longer maintained, its open-source nature allows curious users to explore the source code on GitHub, which may include experimental and unreleased features. Whether you want a visually appealing background or enhanced organization on your new tabs, New Tab Tools offers straightforward customization options to enhance your browsing experience.

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Version:

92.1 Last updated: 2022-01-27

Version code:

5356802

Creation date:

2012-06-06

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Size:

163.89KB

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Source:

Firefox Add-ons Store

Data ingested on:

2026-06-03

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Ranking

# 880 ▲ 2

Other rankings

#62 in Tabs

#133 in Appearance

#4 in tools keyword 67

#10 in tool keyword 56

#14 in new tab keyword 49

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Developed by:

Geoff Lankow

Firefox Add-ons Store

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/new-tab-tools/

User Reviews

New Tab Tools provides a simple, clutter-free new tab page focused on your most visited sites and offers extensive customization plus a backup feature. Many reviews are positive about its usefulness, but notable issues appear: the project has not been maintained since late 2022, and some users report reliability problems on certain FF/OS setups. UI can be clunky, with finicky tile placement, limited reordering, and problematic thumbnail previews. It’s valuable for a lean, focused new tab, but with compatibility and usability caveats.

Pros

Handy, clutter-free new tab page with quick access to most-visited sites.
Rich customization options and a backup/restore feature.
Generally positive sentiment and useful for browser-focused workflows.

Cons

Not maintained since December 2022, raising compatibility and support concerns.
Reliability issues on some setups (reports of it doing nothing on macOS/Firefox, grayscale thumbnails, or failing to load).
UI/UX clunkiness: finicky tile placement and limited reordering; controls like the X cancel and pin are hard to remove, and dial controls can be buggy.
Previews/thumbnails sometimes do not render (gray rectangles or missing thumbnails).

Recent reviews

Its great! Its just sometimes even i unticked show recently closed tabs it still shows them.

by om*****, 2026-04-27

by Su*****, 2026-01-13

by Fi*****, 2025-05-16

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Is New Tab Tools Safe?

Risk impact

Risk impact measures the level of extra permissions an extension has access to. A low risk impact extension cannot do much harms, whereas a high risk impact extension can do a lot of damage like stealing your password, bypassing your security settings, and accessing your personal data. High risk impact extensions are not necessarily malicious. However, if they do turn malicious, they can be very harmful.

New Tab Tools requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

Critical Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
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Risk likelihood

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New Tab Tools has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

Risk likelihood analysis details

High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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