CyberTab

A lightweight, privacy-friendly Chrome new tab extension with a cyberpunk theme. No login, no ads — add movable favorites as app-style tiles.

Quick start

• Ensure you have turned on developer mode in the extensions page.
• Load unpacked extension in Chrome/Edge: open chrome://extensions ➜ "Load unpacked" ➜ select this project folder.
• The new tab page is overridden by newtab.html.

Features

• Customizable tiles with icons (local, fetched favicon, or generated).
• Search box with engine toggle and remote suggestions (via background.js).
• Supported search engines: Google, Bing, Baidu.
• Supported system languages: English, Simplified Chinese, Japanese.
• Sync top bookmarks into the grid and keep them in sync, you can customize the amount of bookmarks synced in settings.
• Custom background image and export/import settings.
• Tab key can quickly switch search engines.
• Right-click context menu for tiles (edit icon, delete).
• Right-click context menu for adding new tiles or switch on/off auto-align.
• BREAKING CHANGE in v1.2.0: Twitter feed sidebar using Nitter instances. You can add accounts in the settings, and you'll see the news feed from those accounts in the sidebar.
• Fetch accounts in batches to avoid rate limits.

Important files

• manifest.json — extension manifest and permissions.
• newtab.html — UI shell.
• newtab.js — main logic (tile management, UI, i18n).
• background.js — proxy for suggestion fetches.
• style.css — theme and layout.