NTab: Notepad New Tab

Plain-text notepad with tabs in your new tab page. Notes are saved as files in a local folder. Quick links sidebar.

Every new tab opens a clean home screen with your favorite sites and a fast plain-text notepad with tabs, like Notepad++. Notes are ordinary text files in a folder you choose on your computer. Every change is saved as you type, and your open tabs come back after a browser restart. HOME SCREEN • Big tiles for your sites and the notepad, plus the same icons in a slim sidebar • Every new tab starts here, so your notes never pop up on screen by themselves (handy when sharing your screen) • Site icons from Chrome's own cache, or upload your own • Hover a sidebar icon to see its full name and address • Edit the list in a simple form or as raw JSON; it follows your Chrome profile through Chrome sync NOTEPAD • Tabs: double-click the empty tab bar for a new note, drag to reorder, double-click to rename • Any file name and extension: note.txt, todo.md, log… • Saves as you type, no save button; unsaved text survives a crash or a closed tab • Line numbers, word wrap, font size, configurable Tab width • Status bar with line, column, length and save state • File list with filter: open, delete or switch the notes folder • Right-click a tab to delete its file • Each browser tab keeps its own set of open notes; edits to the same file sync between them • Light, dark or automatic theme PRIVACY • No account, no servers, no tracking, no network requests • Your notes stay in the folder you picked • Permissions: "storage" for settings and your site list, "favicon" to show site icons from Chrome's local cache WHAT'S NEW • New name: NTab • Home screen with large tiles; the notepad is one of them, "Add" opens the editor • Right-click a tab to delete the file • Arrows in the sidebar when there are more icons than fit • New icon Note: only one extension can replace the new tab page. If another one already does, Chrome will ask which to keep.