Turn every new tab into a fast, local-first notepad. Write in Markdown or plain text, organized in folders. Works fully offline.
Users
39
−1 in 30 days
Rating
3.8 / 5
unchanged in 30 days
Ratings
8
0 in 30 days
Store rank
#120K
#100K among extensions
Version
0.5
updated 4 Aug 2026
Users
monthly, 17 months
Latest, 18 Oct 2026:39 usersMove the mouse over the chart for any month
Ratings count
monthly, 17 months
Latest, 18 Oct 2026:8 ratingsMove the mouse over the chart for any month
The Chrome Web Store rounds user counts down to the leading digit, so the user line moves in steps. The ratings count is exact and is the better signal of real adoption.
About Motherboard Notepad
Motherboard replaces your new tab page with a notepad. Open a tab, start
typing — no login, no setup, no loading spinner.
Write in Markdown with formatting that appears as you type: headings, lists,
checkboxes, code blocks, tables, and links between notes. Prefer plain text?
.txt files work too. Organize everything in real folders, and open several
files at once in tabs.
Press Ctrl+Shift+P for the command palette — create files, search the web
(Google, DuckDuckGo, Brave, ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Grok), or run a quick
calculation. Ctrl+P jumps to any file by name. Five themes, including Dark
and Dracula.
Every note is saved to this browser's storage on your own device. No account,
no server, nothing uploaded — and it all works offline.
Don't like it? Just remove the extension and everything goes back to normal —
your old new tab page returns immediately, with nothing left behind.
One note on installing: your browser will ask you to confirm that Motherboard
can be your new tab page. That's a routine check it runs for any extension that
changes that page — choose "Keep it" to carry on.