r/startpages

Built Nestpane because I had bookmarks in five different folders, tasks in three different apps, and a new tab that did nothing but load ads. It replaces Chrome's new tab with a local-first dashboard: workspaces, bookmarks, notes, tasks, a focus timer, calendar, journal, and habit tracking, all stored offline by default with optional Google Drive sync if you want your data to follow you across machines. No account required, no telemetry, everything runs client-side unless you turn sync on. The source is here

If you wanna try it out.

https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/nestpane/aokkcpfoompjgeknhbkphogfcjjlbpol?utm_source=item-share-cb

If you want to see the source code , Lemme know

Feedback and issues welcome; still actively building on it.

No frameworks, no build step, no server - the whole thing is one index.html.

The idea: everything you'd normally need a backend for (saving links, settings, wallpapers) runs on plain localStorage, so you can host it on GitHub Pages for free.

Live demo: https://fahad-ba.github.io/newtab-lite/

Source (MIT): https://github.com/Fahad-BA/newtab-lite

Features:

- Live clock + Gregorian & Hijri dates (Umm al-Qura, computed natively, no API)

- Search with auto-focus + engine switcher (Google, DDG, or Bing)

- Links grid, 4 per row (favicon, emoji, or custom image icons)

- Daily 2K Unsplash wallpapers (your own free API key, stored in your browser) with photographer credit + instant shuffle button

- Responsive, safe-area aware

Settings dashboard opens as a popup inside the page:

- Add | edit | reorder | delete services (live, no reload).

- Optional PIN lock (SHA-256).

- Export or import links as JSON.

- Everything stays in your browser, nothing phones home.

Setup: fork → enable Pages → point a new tab redirect extension at it. Edit the DEFAULT_LINKS array at the top of the file if you prefer hardcoding your own set.

Happy to hear what you'd add to the settings panel :)

* Inspiration: https://purpleyard.xyz/posts/create-your-own-startpage/

When I last posted Mist here, someone pointed out that requiring a background to be exactly 1672 × 941 made custom themes unnecessarily difficult. They were right.

Since then, I’ve made a few significant changes:

• Custom backgrounds can now be any PNG or JPG size and are cropped proportionally
• Existing shortcuts can be edited without deleting and recreating them
• Shortcuts can use custom icons
• The new-tab title and favicon can also be customized
• Drag-and-drop now shows more precise placement indicators

Preferences and custom images stay in the browser, and Mist has no product analytics. Remote shortcut favicons are optional and can be disabled.

I’d especially like feedback from people using 2K or ultrawide screens: does the automatic wallpaper crop behave as you would expect?

Firefox:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/mist-minimal-new-tab/

Chrome and Chromium browsers:
https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/boffmmgbnbcgjkcllimodfgpeffoeflb