Tabloid

v1.0.0 Productivity Coming soon

All your feeds, at a glance, on every new tab. RSS and Atom feeds in elegant frosted boxes over a beautiful photo, with a clock and a friendly greeting on top.

Coming to Chrome Web Store Privacy Policy

What is Tabloid?

Most feed readers make you go somewhere. Tabloid brings the news to the page you open most: the new tab. Your favorite RSS and Atom feeds float in elegant frosted boxes over a beautiful photo, with a clock and a friendly greeting on top.

There is no account, no backend, and no tracking. Your feeds are fetched directly by your browser and never pass through our servers.

Tabloid is coming to the Chrome Web Store soon. Watch this page for the install link.

How it works

Every feed gets its own glass panel. Drag the panels anywhere, resize them freely, and Tabloid restores your layout on every new tab. Each article is one or two lines with a relative timestamp: click the chevron to slide open the summary and the exact publication date, or click the title to read the original article.

Backgrounds come from Pexels, based on your own keywords (for example “misty forest, ocean sunset, northern lights”) with a free personal API key. Without a key, Tabloid rotates a small set of gorgeous bundled photos. Photographers are always credited.

Who it’s for

News junkies who want their headlines the moment a tab opens
Professionals tracking industry sources without opening yet another app
Privacy-conscious readers who want a feed reader with no account and no analytics
Anyone who thinks the default new tab page is a wasted opportunity

Features

One box per feed: every feed lives in its own glass panel with the feed title in the header
Arrange it your way: drag boxes anywhere and resize them freely, Tabloid remembers your layout on every new tab
Compact and readable: one or two lines per article with a relative timestamp, click to slide open the summary
Beautiful backgrounds: random photos based on your own keywords via a free Pexels API key, or a set of gorgeous bundled photos
Instant loading: feeds and photos are cached and the next photo is preloaded, so your new tab appears immediately
Speaks your language: available in 12 languages, following your browser language or the one you pick

What it doesn't do

Send your feeds, keywords, or reading habits to any server of ours
Include analytics or tracking of any kind
Require an account, login, or sign-up
Request blanket access to all websites (feed access is granted per origin, only when you add a feed)

Permissions

Every permission this extension asks for, and why it needs it.

storage

Stores your settings (feed URLs, photo keywords, optional Pexels API key, display preferences) and caches feed items, box layout, and the preloaded background photo so the new tab page renders instantly.

https://api.pexels.com/* + https://images.pexels.com/*

Fetches background photo metadata and images from Pexels when you provide your own Pexels API key.

optional host permissions (per feed)

You can add RSS or Atom feeds hosted on any domain. Access is requested per feed origin at the moment you add that feed, and revoked when the last feed on an origin is removed. No browsing data is read.

chrome_url_overrides: newtab

The core feature: Tabloid is a new tab page. Removing the extension restores your original new tab.

Privacy first

Tabloid collects nothing. Your feeds, keywords, and settings stay in your browser, and feeds are downloaded straight from the sources you configure. No account, no analytics, no server of ours involved.

Read the privacy policy →

Support

Need help with Tabloid, found a bug, or have a feature request? Get in touch and we'll get back to you.

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