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Tabliss alternatives now the original isn’t maintained

Tabliss was a favourite open-source new tab. The original is no longer maintained; here’s what to use instead, including its community fork.

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Tabliss won people over by being free, open and endlessly customisable. The original project has stopped being updated, which makes many people nervous about keeping an unmaintained extension in their browser. Here are the best ways forward.

In short

  • Keep the Tabliss feel: TablissNG, the community fork.
  • Open source and minimal: Bonjourr.
  • Your calendar and focus tools on the page: Pax.

Why it matters that an extension is maintained

Browsers change. Chrome’s move to Manifest V3, new permission rules and security fixes all need an extension’s developers to keep up. An unmaintained extension may keep working for a while, then quietly break, or miss a fix you’d want.

TablissNG

TablissNG is a community fork that keeps Tabliss alive, with new backgrounds, widgets and font options, and the same free, open-source licence. If you love Tabliss as it is, start here.

Bonjourr

Bonjourr is free and open source, with a clean clock and greeting, quick links, search, notes and quotes, plus custom fonts and CSS. It says it collects no data and needs no account. It’s the closest in spirit to Tabliss: yours to shape, nothing to sign up for.

Pax

If you used Tabliss widgets to keep an eye on your day, Pax goes further. It shows every calendar you use, from Google, iCloud, Outlook, CalDAV and .ics links, on one sheet of glass, with a quiet reminder before each meeting. The focus timer, background sounds, to-dos, notes and world clocks are free. Zen mode strips the page back to the clock and photo when you want it bare. Your data stays in your browser, with no account needed.

Which to choose

Pick TablissNG to keep things exactly as they were, Bonjourr for open source with a lighter touch, and Pax if you want the new tab to work for your day, not just look good.

Questions people ask

Is Tabliss still maintained?

The original Tabliss is no longer maintained, according to the community fork TablissNG, which carries the project on. Its Firefox listing showed a 2025 release.

Is there an open-source alternative to Tabliss?

Yes. Bonjourr is free and open source, and TablissNG is the maintained fork of Tabliss itself.

Which Tabliss alternative shows my calendar?

Pax shows Google, iCloud, Outlook, CalDAV and .ics calendars on the new tab, with reminders before meetings.

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