Turn scattered browsing into an organized productivity workspace.
Users
46
+11 in 30 days
Rating
4.9 / 5
unchanged in 30 days
Ratings
7
0 in 30 days
Store rank
#111K
#92K among extensions
Version
2.0.16
updated 8 Oct 2026
Users
monthly, 12 months
Latest, 15 Oct 2026:46 usersMove the mouse over the chart for any month
Ratings count
monthly, 12 months
Latest, 15 Oct 2026:7 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 New Tab by Cooldesk
CoolDesk turns the blank new tab page into a view of what you're actually working on — your saved projects, every tab you have open, and where you've just been.
Open source. No account required. No sign-up.
WHAT YOU GET ON EVERY NEW TAB
Saved Workspaces
Group links and tabs into named projects. Pin the ones you live in — pinned workspaces stay at the top, and the rest sort by most recent activity, so the project you touched an hour ago is the one you see.
Open Tabs
Every tab across every window in a single view, grouped by Chrome's native tab groups and showing their colors. Find the tab you lost without squinting at favicons.
Activity Feed
What you visited recently, organized by workspace, so picking a project back up doesn't start with "where was I?"
Quick Search
One box that searches your saved links, open tabs, workspaces, bookmarks, and browser history together. Start typing and hit Enter — you never leave the page.
Widgets
Optional cards for the new tab: weather, currency rates, crypto prices, and Wikipedia lookup. Add only the ones you want.
Wallpapers
Set a background from Unsplash or use your own.
OPTIONAL DESKTOP COMPANION (Windows and macOS)
CoolDesk also ships a free, open-source desktop app. The extension works fully
on its own — the app is for people who want their desktop apps in the same view
as their tabs.
Workspaces (Ctrl+1) — your saved collections, with visit counts and last activity.
Tabs & Running Apps (Ctrl+2) — open browser tabs and running desktop applications in one unified, searchable grid. Switch to either without Alt+Tabbing.
Spotlight — one global shortcut to search and launch tabs, workspaces, apps, and history from anywhere on your desktop.
When the app is running, the extension syncs with it over your local machine only (localhost, port 4545). Nothing about that sync leaves your computer.
Get it at cool-desk.com — it's free.
PRIVACY
Your workspaces, tabs, activity, and searches are stored in your browser's local storage and are not uploaded. Search and suggestions run on your device.
CoolDesk contacts outside servers only for the specific features that need it:
• Unsplash — only when you pick a wallpaper
• Open-Meteo, Frankfurter, CoinGecko, Wikipedia — only for the matching widget, if you add it
• Link previews — when you save a link, we fetch that page to read its title and preview image
• cool-desk.com — only if you browse or publish community workspace templates
We do not sell your data, we do not use ad or analytics trackers, and we do not transfer your browsing data to third parties.
Full policy: https://cool-desk.com/privacy-details
OPEN SOURCE
Read the code, file an issue, or self-host:
https://github.com/abhayraghuwanshi/cooldesk-extension
LINKS
Release notes: https://cool-desk.com/releases
Community workspaces: https://cool-desk.com/search
How to use: https://cool-desk.com/how-to-use