Sparkly – Beautiful & Productive New Tab

The most productive new tab for Chrome. Beautiful wallpapers, smart search, launchpad, news feed, tab manager & Google Workspace.

Sparkly transforms your new tab into a beautiful, productive dashboard built for developers. Stunning Wallpapers - HD wallpapers from Unsplash on every new tab - Search and pick wallpapers by keyword - Choose from your wallpaper history or a solid color - Blur and dim options for better readability Developer News Feed - Hacker News — top stories from the front page - GitHub Trending — trending repositories right on your tab - Dev.to — latest articles from the dev community Smart Search Bar - Switch between Google, Bing, Yahoo, and DuckDuckGo - Instant search suggestions as you type - Keyboard navigation for power users Tab Manager - Quickly find and switch to any open tab - Search and filter tabs by title or URL - Tab count badge shows total open tabs at a glance - Duplicate tab detection with one-click cleanup - Group tabs by window or by site/domain - Suspend inactive tabs to free up memory - Recently closed tabs with instant restore - Save and restore tab sessions across browsing sessions - Collapsible sidebar that remembers its state Top Sites & Bookmarks - Frequently visited sites displayed as quick-access tiles - Bookmarks sidebar for one-click access Customizable Settings - Appearance settings — accent color, font size, layout density, border radius - Light, dark, or auto theme - Toggle top sites, bookmarks, tab manager, and more - Glass-effect UI with smooth animations Privacy First - No data leaves your device - No ads, no tracking, no account required - Completely free, no hidden paywalls --------------------- What's New in 4.4.6 --- New Features --- • Universal Search Bar — Press Cmd+Shift+K (Mac) or Ctrl+Shift+K (Windows/Linux) on any webpage to instantly search your open tabs and the web. Includes auto-suggestions, tab switching across all windows, and works with your preferred search engine. • Custom Wallpaper Upload — Upload your own images as wallpapers. Supports JPG, PNG, and WebP with drag-and-drop or file picker. • Customizable Keyboard Shortcut — Change the universal search shortcut from Settings > General or via chrome://extensions/shortcuts. • Global Search Toggle — Enable or disable the universal search bar from Settings > General. --- Improvements --- • Switching to a tab in a minimized window now properly restores and focuses the window. • Close duplicate tabs now preserves the tab you're currently viewing instead of an arbitrary one. • Uploaded wallpapers no longer appear in wallpaper history (since they have no Unsplash source). • Improved wallpaper thumbnail quality in the settings preview. • Settings changes (search engine, open links in new tab, global search) now sync reliably to the content script. --- Bug Fixes --- • Fixed Unsplash attribution showing twice when FeedHub is disabled but Google Workspace is enabled. • Fixed wallpaper not updating when selecting from history after using a custom upload. • Fixed auto-suggestions not appearing in the universal search bar on certain websites (CORS issue). • Fixed keyboard input being hijacked by websites (e.g., Claude.ai) while the search overlay is open.