# StartGrid - A New Tab

> Turn your new tab into a customizable widget grid — clock, weather, calendar, bookmarks, notes, and live wallpapers.

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `startgrid-a-new-tab`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** vinzenz-san
- **Category:** bookmarks,tabs
- **Daily users:** 2
- **Weekly downloads:** 2
- **Rating:** 5.00 / 5 (1 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.21.0
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-30
- **First published:** 2026-07-22
- **Size:** 291 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-07
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/startgrid-a-new-tab/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/vinzenz-san/startgrid/issues](https://github.com/vinzenz-san/startgrid/issues)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/startgrid-a-new-tab/privacy/](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/startgrid-a-new-tab/privacy/)

## Description

StartGrid replaces your browser's blank new tab page with a customizable grid of widgets, set against a background of your choice.
<ul><li>Widget grid — freely arrange Clock, Weather, Notes, Bookmarks, Quicklinks, Rain Radar, and more on your new tab page</li><li>Backgrounds — solid colors, gradients, custom images, or live photos from Unsplash, Bing, NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day, and Wikimedia</li><li>Calendar, Mail &amp; Tasks — optional Calendar, Outlook Calendar, Outlook Mail, and Google Tasks widgets connect via Google/Microsoft sign-in to show your upcoming events (including multiple calendars, not just your default one) and unread mail. Only the data needed to display it is fetched; nothing is stored on a StartGrid server</li><li>Google Mail — an optional widget showing your unread Gmail inbox, without Google sign-in: it uses the Gmail session already open in your browser, via a separate optional permission you grant in the widget's settings</li><li>Everything is configured and stored locally in your browser — nothing is uploaded to a StartGrid-run server</li><li>Optional permission for 127.0.0.1 is used solely by the optional Obsidian widgets to connect to your local Obsidian desktop app. No vault data ever leaves your device</li><li>Optional permission for <a href="https://prod.outgoing.prod.webservices.mozgcp.net/v1/39dd40f600189cddbfce44ddd9cce82cc7eadce192a3d8a9dc65d1ca93b01208/http%3A//mail.google.com" rel="nofollow">mail.google.com</a> is used solely by the Google Mail widget described above, to read your inbox directly from your browser to Gmail. No mail data is sent to or stored on a StartGrid server</li><li>Rain Radar — live precipitation radar for your location, powered by RainViewer, with scrubbing/playback</li></ul>

## Rankings

- #61,713 — Overall
- #98 — grid
- #167 — start page
- #227 — widget

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`
- `identity`
- `search`

## Safety

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

### Analysis details

- Can change homepage settings, which might annoy the user but typically carries low risk.
- This extension was recently updated in the past month. New updates may not be stable or safe.

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