A beautiful, private dashboard that replaces Chrome's empty new tab with everything you actually need. Search, weather, news, notes, tasks — all connected, all yours.
Most new tab extensions give you a pretty wallpaper and a clock. We built something different.
kNewTab is 17 tools that talk to each other. Save a search result to your notes. Turn a bookmark into a task. See your weather at a glance while you plan your day. Nothing lives in a silo.
$4/month to see your own bookmarks?
We'd never.
Every tool in kNewTab is aware of the others. Data flows naturally between widgets, so you never have to copy, paste, or switch tabs.
A full search engine built into your new tab. Web, images, and video results from multiple sources — no ads, no tracking, no AI filler. Group results by domain, preview images in a lightbox, and save anything you find.
Current conditions, hourly charts, 7-day forecast, live radar, air quality, pollen, and even space weather. When severe weather is coming, you'll hear about it — with spoken audio alerts.
Pick your topics — "US News", "Technology", "Space" — and get rotating headline cards with full images. Add RSS feeds from 50+ curated sources. Stay informed without opening another app.
Capture ideas the moment they happen. Markdown formatting, linked web pages, file attachments. Use the scratch pad on the widget face for quick notes without even opening the full editor.
Subtasks, due dates, priorities, linked pages. Color-coded urgency with overdue warnings. Researching something? Turn it into a task with one click — the page link comes with it.
World clock with a day/night map, countdown timers, stopwatch with laps, Pomodoro focus sessions, date countdowns, and "On This Day" from Wikipedia. Six tools in one widget.
Your top sites, pinned tab groups, recently closed tabs, and widget shortcuts — all in one bar at the bottom of the screen. Smooth magnification on hover, and it adapts to whatever you're doing.
Browse your bookmarks in tree, list, or grid view. Group by folder, domain, or date. Spot stale links automatically. Plus a full history browser with timeline view and domain clustering.
Drag-and-drop widget grid. Beautiful backgrounds from Unsplash. Four dock styles. Adjustable sizing, spacing, and colors for everything. Your new tab should feel like yours.
No accounts. No tracking. No cloud storage.
Your data never leaves your computer.
ksearch is a full meta search engine right in your new tab. Results from multiple sources, grouped by domain so you can see who's saying what. Preview images in a built-in lightbox. Watch videos without leaving the page.
Found something worth keeping? Save it to Notes with one click. Turn it into a task. Add it to your bookmarks. Everything stays connected.
Not just temperature and a sun icon. kNewTab gives you hourly forecasts, a 7-day outlook, live radar, air quality, pollen levels, and space weather — all in one overlay.
When the National Weather Service issues a storm alert for your area, you'll see it immediately. Turn on audio forecasts and kNewTab will read the forecast aloud when conditions change.
We don't have analytics. We don't run servers you log into. We can't see your data even if we wanted to. That's by design.
No tracking scripts, no page views, no event logging. We have zero visibility into how you use kNewTab.
No sign-up, no login, no profiles. Install it and start using it. Your identity is yours.
Your notes, todos, settings, and history never leave your computer. Everything is stored locally by Chrome.
Your data lives in Chrome's local storage on your device. It never touches a server, and no one can access it remotely. For full disk-level protection, enable BitLocker (Windows) or FileVault (Mac).
This is Version 1.
And we're just getting started.
kNewTab started as a weekend project and became something real. Version 1 is just the beginning — we're actively building, fixing, and shipping new features every week.
17 integrated tools, private search, weather station, dock, notes, tasks, RSS, and deep customization.
Widget pages, welcome experience, contextual onboarding, performance tuning, and more ways to make it yours.
Your new tab should be the smartest page in your browser. We're building toward that — one feature at a time.
No accounts. No subscriptions. No strings. Just a better new tab.
Last updated: February 8, 2026
kNewTab is a Chrome extension that replaces your new tab page. Your data stays on your device. We don't have accounts, we don't build profiles, and we don't know who you are.
kNewTab does not collect, store, or transmit personal data to any server we control. There are no analytics, telemetry, cookies, or fingerprinting. We have zero visibility into how you use the extension.
When you search from the Search Dock, your query goes directly to whichever engine you've selected. kNewTab does not intercept or log these queries.
ksearch is an optional built-in engine powered by SearXNG, an open-source meta-search engine. Your search query, category, page, time range, and SafeSearch preference are sent to a private instance. The server does not log queries, store results, or track users. No cookies or identifiers are attached.
Search history (opt-in, off by default) is stored locally and never transmitted.
The News widget uses the same private meta-search server to fetch headlines. Only your topic queries are sent — no location data, IP addresses, or personal identifiers.
kNewTab calls the following third-party APIs when you use specific features. No personal identifiers are sent.
| Service | Data Sent | Feature |
|---|---|---|
| Open-Meteo | Coordinates, unit preference | Weather forecast |
| BigDataCloud | Coordinates | City name display |
| NWS (weather.gov) | Coordinates | US weather alerts |
| Sunrise-Sunset.org | Coordinates | Sunrise/sunset times |
| Wikipedia | Current month/day | "On This Date" events |
| QuoteSlate | Tag preferences | Random quotes |
| Unsplash | Search terms | Background images |
| Google Favicons | Domain names | Website icons |
Our website at knewtab.net runs behind nginx. Server logs record only the HTTP method, request path, response status code, and response size. No IP addresses, timestamps, user agents, referrers, or identifying information is logged.
The ksearch search server runs separately and does not log queries, results, or user identifiers.
All settings, notes, todos, timers, and widget state are stored in Chrome's chrome.storage.local — stored locally on your device, synced nowhere, and it never leaves your computer.
Optional permissions (history, downloads, tabs, host access) are only requested when you enable the related feature. You can revoke them at any time through Chrome's extension settings.
Keith — powderpa@icloud.com