# Renewed Tab - New Tab

> A customisable New Tab page, with widgets and beautiful backgrounds

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `renewed-tab`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** rubenwardy
- **Category:** feeds-news-blogging,appearance
- **Daily users:** 1,895
- **Weekly downloads:** 85
- **Rating:** 4.87 / 5 (308 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.20.2
- **Last updated:** 2025-05-11
- **First published:** 2021-04-04
- **Size:** 1.14 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-14
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/renewed-tab/)
- **Website:** [https://renewedtab.com/help/](https://renewedtab.com/help/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/renewed-tab/privacy/](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/renewed-tab/privacy/)

## Description

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.

## Rankings

- #2,277 — Overall
- #135 — Feeds, News & Blogging
- #366 — Appearance
- #15 — new tab
- #19 — new tabs
- #22 — widget

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`
- `search`
- `unlimitedStorage`

## 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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## Review summary

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

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