DotTab: Minimal New Tab Dashboard & Widgets

Replace your new tab with a clean dot-matrix dashboard: clock, tasks, notes, weather, pomodoro, habits, games. Drag on a grid.

Open a tab. Own the day. DotTab turns every new tab into a calm, monochrome dashboard. Pick from 28 widgets, drop them on a grid, and everything scales to your screen : no accounts, no ads, nothing leaves your browser unless a widget needs live data. This extension replaces your Chrome new tab page. WIDGETS (28) • Time — Greeting, dot-matrix Clock, Minimal Clock, Analog Clock, LED Clock, Date, Calendar, World Clock, Countdown, Year/Month/Week Progress (segments or year-in-dots) • Planning — Tasks, Notes (autosave), Habit tracker (dot-grid streaks) • Focus — Pomodoro that survives new tabs, Breathe (box breathing, 4-7-8), Intention (one line for today) • Info — Search with URL detection, Weather (live, Open-Meteo), Headlines (Hacker News), Crypto Ticker, Quote, Shortcuts, Top Sites • Fun — Snake, Tetris, Typing Test, Pixel Pet, Decide (coin · dice · pick), plus a tiny pixel bot that walks on your widgets LAYOUT THAT FITS YOUR SCREEN • 32-column grid of square cells — the same layout scales from a laptop to a 4K monitor • Narrow windows reflow into a scrolling column • Press E to edit: drag anywhere on a widget, resize from the corner, remove with one click • 5 presets (Dashboard, Minimal, Productivity, Playground, Zen) and share codes — copy your layout as a short code and send it to anyone COMMAND PALETTE (Ctrl/⌘ K) • Search, or jump straight to YouTube, GitHub, Wikipedia, Reddit, npm and more with !bangs • Quick math (2^10/3), open URLs, add or configure any widget by name DESIGN • Dark (OLED black) and light themes, both first-class • Transparent widgets by default; optional outline or card surfaces • Dot-matrix typography, mono labels, a single red accent used only as a signal • Focus mode (F) hides everything except clocks, timers and your intention PRIVACY • Your layout, notes and tasks are stored locally in Chrome (chrome.storage) • No analytics, no tracking, no account • Weather sends only coordinates to Open-Meteo when you enable it; Top Sites asks for permission only if you add that widget • Fonts are bundled — the page renders instantly and works offline KEYBOARD E edit · , settings · / search · T theme · F focus · ? shortcuts · Ctrl K palette · Esc close