The best browser start pages in 2026
A start page is the first thing you see when you open your browser. A good one gives you what you check every morning, like the weather, your day's meetings, headlines and a few favourite sites, without opening ten tabs.
Here are six worth a look, what they cost, and who each one suits. We make OnePane, so weigh our take on it accordingly. We've tried to be fair to the others, and several are excellent at what they do.
At a glance
| Start page | Price | How it runs | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|
| OnePane | $9.99 USD a year, 7-day free trial | Website: works in any browser, synced to your account | A daily dashboard: weather, calendars, Outlook, news, notes |
| start.me | Free (with ads) or PRO about $25 a year | Website and browser extension | Lots of bookmarks, organised into pages |
| Momentum | Free, or Plus $39.95 USD a year | Browser extension (new tab) | Focus, goals and to-dos, with a daily photo |
| Bonjourr | Free (donations) | Browser extension, open source | A calm, good-looking new tab |
| Tabliss | Free | Browser extension, open source | A pretty new tab with a few simple widgets |
| Protopage | Free | Website | RSS feeds, bookmarks and sticky notes, old-school portal style |
What to look for
- Website or extension? An extension replaces the new tab page in one browser. A website works everywhere you sign in: home computer, work laptop, a browser you can't install extensions on.
- Does it sync? If you use more than one computer, you want your setup to follow you without exporting and importing.
- Real information or just a pretty picture? Some start pages are mostly a background photo and a clock. Others show your actual day: calendars, email, news.
- Ads and tracking. Free usually means ads, donations, or a paid tier that pays for everything else.
OnePane
OnePane is a start page built around the things you check every morning. You pick widgets and arrange them on a grid: weather for several places, Apple, Google and Outlook calendars in one agenda, Outlook mail, world clocks, news from any RSS feed, a searchable notes journal, bookmarks with keyboard shortcuts, and aviation weather for pilots.
It's a website, so it works in Chrome, Safari, Edge and Firefox, and your layout follows you to every computer. There are no ads. It costs $9.99 USD a year after a 7-day trial that doesn't need a card. It's also available in French.
Good fit if you want one page that replaces your morning round of tabs. Not the best fit if you want something free, or a minimalist new tab with a photo and nothing else.
start.me
start.me is a long-running bookmark-first start page. You build pages of links and widgets, and it offers a browser extension as well as the website. The free plan allows up to three pages with basic widgets and shows ads. PRO (about $25 a year) removes ads, adds unlimited pages and more widgets. There are team plans for companies too.
Good fit if you have hundreds of bookmarks and want them organised on tidy pages.
Momentum
Momentum is a new tab extension known for its daily photo, greeting and daily focus. The free version includes to-dos, links, search, calendar and weather. Momentum Plus ($39.95 USD a year) adds focus tools like a site blocker and Pomodoro timer, integrations with to-do apps such as Asana, Todoist and Trello, world clocks, notes and more customisation.
Good fit if your main goal is focus and productivity rather than an information dashboard.
Bonjourr
Bonjourr is a free, open-source new tab extension for Chrome, Firefox, Safari and Edge, made by two independent developers. It's minimalist and lovely: time-of-day backgrounds, a clock, weather, quick links, notes and a Pomodoro timer, with a lot of design options. It's funded by donations and doesn't collect your data.
Good fit if you want a calm, beautiful new tab and don't need calendars or email.
Tabliss
Tabliss is another free, open-source new tab extension for Chrome, Firefox and Edge. It has beautiful backgrounds, a clock, weather, a to-do list, quick links and a search box, with support for over 40 languages.
Good fit if you want a free, simple, pretty new tab.
Protopage
Protopage is a free personalised start page in the classic portal style: RSS feeds, bookmarks and sticky notes on tabbed pages. It's been around a long time and many former iGoogle and Netvibes users ended up there.
Good fit if you mostly want RSS feeds and links on one free page.
Our recommendation
- Want your actual day on one screen, including weather, meetings, email and headlines, on every computer? Try OnePane.
- Mostly bookmarks? start.me.
- Focus and to-dos? Momentum.
- Beautiful and free? Bonjourr or Tabliss.
- Free RSS portal? Protopage.
Whichever you choose, here's how to make it your home page in each browser.
Questions
What is a browser start page?
A start page is the page your browser shows when it opens, or when you press the home button. Instead of a blank page or a search box, it can show your weather, calendar, news and favourite links.
Is there a free start page?
Yes. Bonjourr, Tabliss and Protopage are free, and start.me and Momentum have free plans. OnePane is a paid service at $9.99 a year with a 7-day free trial.
What's the difference between a start page and a new tab extension?
A new tab extension replaces the new tab page in one browser on one computer. A website start page like OnePane works in any browser and keeps your setup synced across computers.
Which start page shows Outlook email and calendar?
OnePane shows unread Outlook mail and today's Outlook meetings from Microsoft 365 or Outlook.com, next to Apple and Google calendars.