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A new tab page extension for Brave

Brave has no extension store of its own: it installs from the Chrome Web Store, like Chrome. Hoome is therefore the same as on Chrome, and replaces the Brave new tab page with your shortcuts, folders and widgets.

Open Chrome Web Store

Hoome in a browser window: the clock, the search bar, the shortcuts and the folders.
Install store
Chrome Web Store
Minimum version
Chromium 111
Account
None for the free version
Store listing
Public

Install Hoome on Brave, step by step

  1. From Brave, open the Hoome listing on the Chrome Web Store with the button above. It is Chrome’s listing: Brave has no other.

  2. Click the listing’s add button, then confirm adding the extension in Brave’s window.

  3. Open a new tab: the Hoome page takes the place of Brave’s. If the browser asks you to confirm or restore the page, keep Hoome; on Chrome, restoring turns the extension off, and we have seen no reason Brave would differ.

  4. If the old page ever comes back, open brave://extensions and check that Hoome is turned on.

What Hoome brings to Brave

  • A folder zoomed open above the page: the full grid of its shortcuts, with the folder name and the rest of the page dimmed behind.

    Folders, the way a phone does them

    A preview tile shows 4 or 9 icons. One click and it zooms open on the full grid. Work tools on one side, reading on the other, and the page stays short.

  • Instant search: a few letters typed in the bar, and the list of matching shortcuts appears under it, ahead of the search engine suggestions.

    Type three letters, the site is there

    The bar filters your shortcuts as you type, and switches to your browser’s search engine when what you want is not filed with you. Enter opens the first result, Shift and Enter force a web search.

  • Close up on the three widgets: the five day forecast for the chosen town, a task list and a quick note.

    The weather, your tasks, your notes

    Three free widgets, off by default, that you switch on one at a time. The five day forecast asks for no account and no key, only the name of your town. Tasks and notes stay in your browser, unless you choose to sync them.

What works on Brave, and what does not

  • Chrome’s features

    Yes

    The package is Chrome’s: shortcuts, folders, Essentials, layouts, widgets, animated backgrounds, buttons to history and downloads, and the two Premium widgets, Processor and Memory.

  • No account, nothing sent

    Yes

    The free version asks for no account and sends neither your shortcuts nor your folders to our servers: they stay in your browser. It is what many people look for when they choose Brave.

  • New tab, not home page

    Good to know

    Hoome replaces the page that opens with a new tab. Brave’s home page, the one behind the Home button and startup, is untouched and stays whatever you chose in the settings.

  • Brave’s sync

    Good to know

    Brave syncs its devices through a chain, with no account. Hoome relies on the browser’s sync, but we have not verified that Brave carries an extension’s data: do not count on it. For another computer, use the JSON export, or the Hoome account copy.

  • The Hoome account

    Good to know

    It is the same extension as on Chrome, with the same identifier, so sign-in follows the same path. We have not tried it end to end on Brave, so we do not promise it yet.

Brave themes

Brave is built on Chromium, like Chrome. Hoome has not published any theme on the Chrome Web Store yet, and we have tried no Hoome theme on Brave, so there is none to offer you here. The background you choose, animated ones included, shows on the Hoome page itself, at every new tab. To follow upcoming themes, watch the gallery.

See the themes gallery See what Hoome does

Guides on the blog

Frequently asked questions

Does Brave have its own extension store?

No. Brave installs its extensions from the Chrome Web Store, so from the same listing as Chrome. There is nothing else to look for: the button on this page leads straight there.

What happens to Brave’s new tab page?

Hoome replaces it as long as it is turned on. To get Brave’s back, turn Hoome off in brave://extensions: nothing is erased, and your shortcuts are there when you turn it back on.

Can I find my shortcuts on another computer on Brave?

Not with certainty through Brave’s sync, which we have not verified for an extension’s data. Two safe ways: a JSON export, reopened on the other computer, or the Hoome account copy, once the account works on Brave.

Which version of Brave do I need?

One built on Chromium 111 or later, as for Chrome 111. Brave updates itself: if the extension installs, the version is fine.

Your next tab can be a tidy one

No sign up, no card, and your sites finally where they belong.

Brave installs Hoome from the Chrome Web Store.

On a phone, tap “Add to Desktop” on the Chrome Web Store: Hoome will install in Chrome on your computer, if it is signed in to the same Google account.