Brewtab — Start every tab fresh

A calm, customisable new-tab dashboard with tasks, notes, shortcuts and a focus timer that blocks distracting sites. Local-only.

Brewtab turns every new tab into a calm, focused start: your tasks, notes and shortcuts, a clean search bar, and a focus timer that keeps distracting sites away while you work, in a design you can make your own. YOUR DASHBOARD • Live clock, greeting and date (12/24-hour, second time zone) • Search with Chrome's default engine, Google, Bing, DuckDuckGo or your own • Shortcuts with folders, drag-and-drop ordering, custom icons and bookmark import • Widgets you can add, remove, resize and rearrange: Tasks, Notes, Focus, Screen time, Bookmarks, Daily quote • Tasks with due dates, priorities, categories and Today / Overdue / Done views • Notes with search, pinning, autosave and Markdown export • Four themes (Minimal Light, Midnight, Nature, Glass) plus your own wallpaper, blur, transparency, corner radius and spacing STAY FOCUSED WITH SCROLLSTOP (optional, can be turned off) • A focus timer with work and break cycles that blocks your distracting sites while you work • Block sites all the time or on a schedule, with URL patterns and an allowlist • Daily time limits per site • Weekly screen-time reports, kept on your device PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No account, no servers, no analytics, no ads • Everything is stored on your device; export or erase it any time • Extra permissions are optional and requested only when you turn on a feature that needs them Free. Keyboard-friendly. Respects reduced-motion settings.