# newt

> newt is a Firefox Add-On that transforms your \`about:newtab\` into a customizable, Markdown-powered dashboard. Create and edit bits of Markdown that you can organize in any manner you choose. Export your config to JSON for safe keeping.

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `newt`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** keb
- **Category:** appearance,tabs
- **Daily users:** 2
- **Weekly downloads:** 1
- **Rating:** 5.00 / 5 (2 ratings)
- **Version:** 0.4.1
- **Last updated:** 2022-05-20
- **First published:** 2022-05-04
- **Size:** 426 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-11
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/newt/)
- **Website:** [https://kevinfiol.com](https://kevinfiol.com/)

## Description

newt is a Firefox Add-On that transforms your `about:newtab` into a customizable, Markdown-powered dashboard. Create and edit bits of Markdown that you can organize in any manner you choose. Export your config to JSON for safe keeping.

## Rankings

- #59,270 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`

## Safety

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

### Analysis details

- Can change homepage settings, which might annoy the user but typically carries low risk.
- 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/newt)