Homebase

A customizable widget-based new tab that greets you with the time, weather, news, todos, and more.

As of June 2026, Homebase has 4 users in the Productivity category.

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Version
2.0.3
Manifest V3
90-day change · In the last 90 days this extension 1 version update.

History

7 snapshots

Tracking since May 3, 2026.

4.083.52.92May 3, 2026Jun 8, 2026
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DateUsersRatingReviewsVersion
May 3, 20262.0.0
May 9, 20262.0.0
May 14, 202632.0.3
May 20, 202642.0.3
May 26, 202632.0.3
Jun 2, 202642.0.3
Jun 8, 202632.0.3
Now42.0.3

Permissions & access

Permissions
storagetabswebNavigationhistoryreadingListdownloads
Host access
https://www.google.com/s2/favicons*, https://hacker-news.firebaseio.com/*, https://hn.algolia.com/*, https://www.reddit.com/*, https://api.open-meteo.com/*, https://geocoding-api.open-meteo.com/*, https://air-quality-api.open-meteo.com/*, https://api.frankfurter.app/*, https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/*

Screenshots

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About

Homebase turns Chrome's new tab into your personal dashboard - a calm, drag-and-drop grid of widgets you arrange exactly the way you want.

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WIDGETS
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• Clock & greeting - time, date, personal greeting
• Calendar - offline monthly calendar
• Weather - current conditions + 3-day forecast (no sign-up)
• Air quality - live AQI + PM2.5/PM10 for your location
• World clocks - search any city, track multiple timezones
• Todos - quick checklist
• Notes - persistent scratchpad
• Quick Links - curated tiles with auto-fetched favicons
• Browser history - recently visited pages
• Reading list - Chrome reading list
• Downloads - recent downloads with clear-all
• News - filter by Tech, AI, Sports, Politics, World, Science, Business, Gaming, Movies, Local, India
• Unit converter - length, weight, temperature, volume, speed, time
• Currency converter - live exchange rates
• Dictionary - English word definitions

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DESIGN YOUR DASHBOARD
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• Drag-and-drop grid with responsive breakpoints
• Per-widget size presets (S / M / L / XL)
• Multiple themes
• Command palette (⌘K / Ctrl+K) for adding widgets and switching themes
• Focus mode (F) - quiet everything when you need to concentrate
• Settings sync across your devices via Chrome sync

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PRIVACY FIRST
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• No accounts, no sign-ups
• No telemetry or analytics
• No third-party trackers
• Your data never leaves your device (except to public, no-auth APIs your chosen widgets call: Open-Meteo for weather, Reddit and Hacker News for news, Frankfurter for currency, dictionaryapi.dev for definitions)
• Open source: https://github.com/ashwyn222/homebase
• Privacy policy: https://ashwyn222.github.io/homebase/privacy-policy.html

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KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS
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⌘K / Ctrl+K - Command palette
E - Toggle customize mode
F - Toggle focus mode
Esc - Close dialog

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WHY HOMEBASE?
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Most new-tab extensions either do too much (tracking, bloated features, ads) or too little (a static image). Homebase is the middle ground: a warm, personal start screen with the utilities you actually use, all local, all customizable, and none of the cruft.

Technical

Version
2.0.3
Manifest
V3
Size
147KiB
Min Chrome
114
Languages
1
Featured
No

Metadata

ID
phmjolekapbeecfkaemkaoaaleangljl
Developer ID
u8db21ab145af6d514213366abd8b5e9f
Developer Email
[email protected]
Created
May 2, 2026
Last Updated (Store)
May 6, 2026
Last Scraped
Jun 8, 2026
Website
Support URL

Data sourced from the Chrome Web Store · last verified Jun 8, 2026.