FreeChrome and Firefox extension

A calm dashboard in every new tab

Firstlight replaces your new tab page with widgets you arrange yourself: search, clock, weather, to-do, notes, habits, a pomodoro timer, news feeds and more. Everything is stored in your browser, and there's no account.

Screenshots

Firstlight’s new tab in the light theme: clock, search, daily focus, to-do, shortcuts, habits, weather, a pomodoro timer and a calendar.

How it works

  1. Install Firstlight and open a new tab. It starts with a ready-made dashboard: clock, search bar, weather, calendar, bookmarks and more.

  2. Click + to add widgets, such as to-do, habits, pomodoro, RSS, crypto prices or Google Calendar.

  3. Drag widgets anywhere on the grid, resize or collapse them, and lock the layout when you're done.

  4. Pick a wallpaper or daily photo, a light or dark theme, an accent color, a font and a card style.

What it does

  • Plan your day

    To-do with due dates and priorities, notes, habits with streaks, countdowns, a pomodoro timer, focus sounds and one intention for the day.

  • Weather and daylight

    Current conditions and a forecast for a city you choose or your location, plus today's sunrise and sunset.

  • News and more

    Any RSS feed, Google News headlines, crypto prices, On this day from Wikipedia and a word of the day.

  • Google, if you want it

    Google Calendar and Tasks with optional sign-in in Chrome. Unread Gmail at a glance with no sign-in, and a Google apps launcher.

  • Your layout

    Drag, resize, collapse and lock widgets on a 12-column grid, or let each one stay exactly where you drop it.

  • Your look

    Six card styles, light and dark themes, accent colors, bundled fonts, built-in wallpapers, your own image or a new photo every day.

  • Search and bookmarks

    Search with suggestions in your default engine, Google, DuckDuckGo, Bing or Startpage. Keep your links, most visited sites and browser bookmarks at hand.

  • Sync and languages

    Optional sync across devices through your browser's own sync. In English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Italian, Chinese and Hindi.

Private by design

Read the privacy policy

  • No account and no sign-up. Firstlight has no servers of its own.
  • Your widgets, notes and to-dos are stored in your browser. Sync is optional and goes through your browser's own sync.
  • No analytics, no tracking and no ads.
  • Widgets fetch data straight from the service they show, such as Open-Meteo for weather.
  • Google sign-in is optional and used only for the Google Calendar and Tasks widgets.

Everything is included

  • Every widget, from to-do and weather to RSS and Google Calendar
  • Drag-and-drop layout with lock and free placement
  • Wallpapers, daily photos, themes, fonts and card styles
  • Optional sync across your devices
  • Eight languages