PlainTab · Minimal New Tab

A clean, fast, and privacy-first new tab page.

PlainTab is a browser extension that makes every new tab a visual delight. Why? Because your new tab page deserves a beautiful wallpaper, not ads, news, or shortcut links. Why PlainTab? • 【Wallpaper Freedom】 • Daily Bing wallpaper auto-updates — dual global endpoints race with Promise.any, fast no matter where you are. • Blazing-fast local wallpaper loading — wallpapers are stored locally on your machine and read instantly when you open a new tab, orders of magnitude faster than fetching over the network. • Supports up to 12 local wallpapers with auto-rotation on every new tab. 3×4 gallery preview — delete or swap anytime. • 【Absolute Privacy】 • No ads, no tracking, no data collection of any kind. • All wallpapers are stored offline on your local machine — no uploads, no sync, no third-party servers. Your browsing behavior belongs to you and you alone. • 【Blazing Fast, Zero Intrusion】 • Pure vanilla JavaScript, zero external dependencies. No third-party frameworks — renders instantly when the browser opens. • Wallpapers generate ultra-lightweight preview snapshots in the background. On your next new tab, they load instantly from local storage — no network request needed. • 【Flexible, Not Complicated】 • Automatic language matching for 16 languages. • Search bar: show on hover / always visible / hidden. • Search engines: Google / Bing / Baidu / DuckDuckGo (Web mode). • 【Open Source & Transparent】 • Fully open source: https://github.com/kaininx/PlainTab • Try it live: https://plaintab.kaininx.workers.dev ✨ Recommended Combo Setup (from the developer): • 📌 New Tab: Install this extension to set up to 12 different wallpapers with no size limit. • 📌 Startup Page: Set your browser homepage to https://plaintab.kaininx.workers.dev and keep the default daily Bing wallpaper mode. • 📌 Home Button: Set it to https://kaininx.github.io/PlainTab/ — this is the project's GitHub Pages site, where you can add extra wallpapers of your choice. PlainTab is for you if you're tired of: • New tabs cluttered with ads, news, and useless shortcuts • Browser extensions secretly collecting your data in the background • Browsers slowing down with too many extensions — you want native-fast performance • Seeing the same wallpaper day after day Support & Feedback • Like PlainTab? Please rate us on the Chrome Web Store. • GitHub: https://github.com/kaininx/PlainTab • Questions or suggestions? Feel free to open an Issue. Changelog • v3.1.4 · Refactored storage constant naming and merged IDB migration into two-phase transaction for crash-recoverable ordering; optimized new user migration skip; added batch upload deduplication with 12-image cap • v3.1.3 · Implemented storage version migration for localStorage and IndexedDB, unified storage key naming, fixed thumbnail persistence logic in local mode. • v3.1.2 · Renamed _locales/pt to pt_BR for Chrome Web Store compliance; unified changelog format to compact style; renamed Portuguese files to pt_BR for consistency. • v3.1.1 · Switched Bing API to Promise.any race mode with 8-second AbortController timeout; updated all 16 language READMEs to reflect the new fetch strategy. • v3.1.0 · Local wallpaper gallery: upload/delete/rotate multiple local wallpapers, batch file selection; code refactoring; improved panel styling; comprehensive i18n localization; fixed CSP by removing JSON API domains. • v3.0.5 · Upgraded Bing API proxy (regionalized requests + image dedup); optimized wallpaper caching; unified localStorage key names; added 16-language changelog; improved logging and code semantics. • v3.0.4 · Fixed wallpaper loading failure: CSP img-src allowlist was missing Bing CDN domains, causing images redirected by the proxy API to be blocked by the browser. • v3.0.3 · Bypassed CSSOM for accelerated first-frame rendering, CSP security hardening, dead code cleanup, added SVG icons and promotional assets. • v3.0.2 · Dark mode adaptive background, code structure refactoring, bottom multi-language info bar. • v3.0.1 · Integrated Chrome Search API, passed Chrome Web Store single-purpose compliance review. • v3.0.0 · Complete rewrite: dual-layer architecture eliminates white flash on new tab, added fallback gray background. • v2.2.7 · Added README in English, Japanese, Korean, Russian, and Simplified Chinese; changed default search mode to "always visible". • v2.2.6 · Optimized wallpaper loading logic and thumbnail caching; reorganized Bing API constants. • v2.2.5 · Wallpaper preloading and first-frame optimization, eliminating white screen on new tab. • v2.2.4 · Migrated wallpaper storage from localStorage to IndexedDB. • v2.2.3 · Local wallpaper upload, improved search engine switching experience. • v1.2.0 · Initial release: wallpaper system, 16-language UI, Chrome i18n localization, MIT license.