# StartupApps

> Open a list of URL at startup in new pinned tabs. (Pinned home pages)

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `startupapps`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Alix
- **Category:** appearance,tabs
- **Daily users:** 463
- **Weekly downloads:** 3
- **Rating:** 3.55 / 5 (20 ratings)
- **Version:** 2.1resigned1
- **Last updated:** 2024-04-25
- **First published:** 2011-11-23
- **Size:** 12 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-08
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/startupapps/)

## Description

**StartupApps** is a Chrome extension that automatically opens a list of specified URLs in new pinned tabs each time you start your browser. This allows you to have your favorite applications or websites readily available in pinned tabs immediately upon launching Chrome.

To configure your startup URLs, simply click the extension icon located at the bottom left corner of your browser to access the configuration window. There, you can enter the list of URLs you want to open and pin at startup, ensuring a streamlined and efficient browsing experience tailored to your daily workflow.

## Rankings

- #5,209 — Overall
- #10 — apps
- #20 — start page
- #87 — home
- #88 — fart
- #121 — status

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`
- `tabs`

## Safety

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

### Analysis details

- Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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## Review summary

Users generally find StartupApps useful: it opens apps as pinned tabs and aligns with the concept of launching a curated set of apps at startup. When it works, it does what it says and can improve startup organization. However, a pattern of issues appears across many reviews: the extension often duplicates pinned tabs on startup or reopens previously opened tabs, sometimes failing to respect existing pinned tabs or the browser's saved session. This deduplication problem, potentially worsened by Firefox session restoration, is the most mentioned pain point. Some users request a blank page at startup and more robust dedup logic.

### Pros

- Does exactly what it claims and works as advertised.
- Opens apps in pinned tabs as intended.
- Good concept and promising approach to startup automation.
- Generally works well for many users and solves a common workflow problem.

### Cons

- Duplicates or reopens pinned tabs on startup, leading to clutter and confusion.
- Does not reliably detect existing pinned tabs or URLs before opening new ones, causing duplicates.
- Firefox session restoration can cause additional duplicate pinned tabs after closing and reopening.
- Sometimes does not open all pinned tabs or reopens only a subset (e.g., last few) on startup.

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- [NewTabFromPinnedOnRight](https://chrome-stats.com/d/newtabfrompinnedonright)

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