Renewed Tab - New Tab

Name: Renewed Tab - New Tab
Rating: 4.8767 (300 reviews)
Author: rubenwardy

By: rubenwardy

A customisable New Tab page, with widgets and beautiful backgrounds

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Features & Capabilities

Renewed Tab is a versatile Chrome extension that transforms your New Tab page into a fully customizable workspace. It features drag-and-drop widgets on a grid, allowing you to add, move, resize, and configure various widgets including RSS feeds, weather, to-do lists, quick links, bookmarks, clocks, and more. The extension offers beautiful backgrounds that update every 15 minutes from curated collections like Unsplash, or you can choose solid colors or custom images.

Designed with privacy in mind, Renewed Tab stores all your data locally in your browser and requests only minimal necessary permissions. It supports multiple languages including French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Malay, and Turkish through community-maintained translations. Whether you want to track daily goals, read web comics, monitor currency rates, or get greeted based on the time of day, Renewed Tab provides a comprehensive and elegant solution for a personalized and productive new tab experience.

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Version:

1.20.2 Last updated: 2025-05-11

Version code:

5946582

Creation date:

2021-04-04

Risk:

Permissions:

Size:

1.14MB

Email:

*****@rubenwardy.com

URLs:

Website ,Privacy policy

Full description:

Source:

Firefox Add-ons Store

Data ingested on:

2026-06-03

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 2,269 ▲ 7

Other rankings

#132 in Feeds, News & Blogging

#356 in Appearance ▲ 1

#15 in new tab keyword 49

#18 in widget keyword 15

#19 in new tabs keyword 40

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Renewed Tab (v1.20.2)

7,000 4.94

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Developed by:

rubenwardy

Firefox Add-ons Store

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/renewed-tab/

Email:

*****@rubenwardy.com

Website:

https://renewedtab.com/help/

Permission Change History

2025-03-25: Version 1.19.2 → 1.20.0

Add Optional host permissions: <all_urls>

Add Permissions: unlimitedStorage

Remove Optional permissions: <all_urls>

User Reviews

Reviews consistently praise Renewed Tab for strong customization and visually appealing design, with practical features like adding websites to the homepage and RSS feeds. Common drawbacks include performance slowdowns when the widget area is expanded, snap-grid centering issues, and layouts not staying intact across display changes. Some users also want more customization options and better control over background images. Overall, it's highly liked for aesthetics and flexibility, but users report reliability and feature-gap concerns.

Pros

Highly customizable
Visually appealing visuals/backgrounds
Easy to use with clear settings
Can add websites to the homepage for quick access
RSS feed support for extra functionality

Cons

Performance slowdown when enlarging the widget board / in work mode
Snap grid centering issues and limited behavior customization
Layout not responsive to screen size, can break when switching displays
Background image changes not easily controllable or on demand
Some users desire even more customization options

Recent reviews

very good very nice

by Ma*****, 2026-05-13

The best option for new tabs in my opinion

by Tr*****, 2026-05-08

by sd*****, 2026-05-08

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Is Renewed Tab - New Tab Safe?

Risk impact

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Renewed Tab - New Tab requires very minimum permissions.

Risk impact analysis details

Medium Can change homepage settings, which might annoy the user but typically carries low risk.
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Risk likelihood

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Renewed Tab - New Tab 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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