# nightTab

> A neutral new tab page accented with a chosen colour. Customise the layout, style, background and bookmarks in nightTab.

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `nighttab`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** zombieFox
- **Category:** appearance,tabs
- **Daily users:** 4,218
- **Weekly downloads:** 169
- **Rating:** 4.83 / 5 (200 ratings)
- **Version:** 7.3.0
- **Last updated:** 2021-10-02
- **First published:** 2019-06-15
- **Size:** 969 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-07
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/nighttab/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/zombieFox/nightTab/](https://github.com/zombieFox/nightTab/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/nighttab/privacy/](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/nighttab/privacy/)

## Description

nightTab is a sleek, neutral new tab page extension for Chrome that lets you customize your browsing start page with a chosen accent color. It features a clean header displaying the time, date, and a convenient search bar for quick access.

Users can organize unlimited bookmark tiles into groups, personalize the layout, change backgrounds with images or videos, adjust themes, fonts, and accent colors to create a unique browsing experience. Additionally, nightTab respects privacy by not collecting any personal or browser data. Your entire setup can be backed up locally for easy restoration.

## Rankings

- #1,328 — Overall
- #107 — Tabs
- #212 — Appearance
- #8 — night mode
- #14 — tabellenkalkulation
- #28 — new tabs

## Safety

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

### Analysis details

- Can alter new tab settings; fairly benign but with some capability to affect user experience.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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## Review summary

Users consistently praise nightTab for its strong customizability, attractive appearance, and ease of setup/use, noting it offers quick access and good organization. The primary repeated drawback is the inability to upload local images for thumbnails (images must be hosted via a URL). Overall feedback is positive with customization and visuals highlighted most often.

### Pros

- Highly customizable with many options and personalization
- Attractive, modern-looking interface
- Easy to configure and use
- Provides quick access and good organization for shortcuts

### Cons

- Cannot upload thumbnail/custom images from local storage (images must be provided as an internet URL)

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