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Helium New Tab

by main@exsesx.dev · Functionality & UI
Manifest V3 Free
View in Chrome Web Store Data as of 15 Oct 2026

Unofficial Helium-style new tab with 10,000+ local bangs, a clock, custom fonts and synced settings. No tracking.

Users
675
store count
Rating
5.0 / 5
unchanged in 30 days
Ratings
4
total ratings
Store rank
#38K
#32K among extensions
Version
1.4.0
updated 25 Sep 2026

Users

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0338675Sep 2026Oct 2026Oct 2026
Latest, 15 Oct 2026: 675 usersMove the mouse over the chart for any month

Ratings count

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024Sep 2026Oct 2026Oct 2026
Latest, 15 Oct 2026: 4 ratingsMove the mouse over the chart for any month

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About Helium New Tab

Helium New Tab is a minimal new tab page styled after the Helium browser, with bangs built into the search field. Bangs, built in Add a bang like !yt, !gh or !w to your search to go straight to that site's results. More than 10,000 bangs from Helium's catalog are resolved on your device, so searches go directly to the site with no redirect service in between. • Put the bang anywhere: "!yt lofi", "lofi !yt" and "lofi music !yt" all search YouTube. • Type a bang on its own to open the site. • The service name appears before your query as you type, like keyword mode in Helium's address bar. • Optionally show each site's icon from your browser's own favicon cache. Nothing is downloaded. • Unknown bangs are sent to your default search engine as a normal search. Search and navigation • Searches without a bang use your browser's default search engine. • Website addresses open directly: example.com opens the site, while next.js is searched. • Local addresses such as localhost:3000, printer.local and 192.168.1.1 open over HTTP. • Press / to jump to the search field. Make it yours • Light and dark appearance that follows your system, or pick one. Choose a Blended or Helium dark background. • Optional clock and date, with 12-hour or 24-hour time and optional seconds. • Use fonts installed on your device for the interface, clock, date and search field. • 37 interface languages. • Settings sync to your other devices when your browser syncs extension data. Privacy No accounts, ads, analytics or telemetry, and opening a new tab makes no external network requests. The bang catalog ships with the extension. • search: sends the searches you submit to your browser's default search engine. • storage: saves your settings and lets your browser sync them. • favicon (optional, off by default): shows site icons your browser has already saved, only after you turn on service icons. Free and open source: https://github.com/exsesx/helium-new-tab This is an unofficial project inspired by Helium. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by Helium or imput. The bang catalog is © Kagi Search and imput, under the MIT license.

Growth

WindowUsersChangeRatingsRating
7 days0+0.0%00.00

Version history

4 versions recorded
1.4.025 Sep 2026
1.2.024 Sep 2026
1.3.024 Sep 2026
1.1.023 Sep 2026

Details

Category
Functionality & UI
First seen
23 Sep 2026
Size
424 KB
Languages
en
Pricing
Free
Privacy policy
github.com
Support
github.com
Extension ID
kajaheopdpmejeeghdkdpgoolgfijdpi

Permissions and risk

Moderate riskimpact 1, likelihood 3
Permissions
searchstorage

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