A calm, customizable new tab with widgets, ambient soundscapes, focus tools, and a smart search bar in a glassy dashboard.

Hey Product Hunt,

Like a lot of developers and writers, I open dozens of browser tabs every single day. Over time, that simple action started feeling noisy. Instead of a clean slate to collect my thoughts, opening a new tab meant facing sponsored shortcuts, tracking scripts, and algorithmic news feeds designed to steal attention.

I built Satori Tab because I wanted my browser to feel like sitting down at an uncluttered wooden desk.

The guiding architectural principle was simple: build a modular space that helps you stay grounded while keeping every single byte of your data private on your own machine. There is no remote backend, no user tracking, and no account to sign into. Your notes, habit streaks, task lists, and layout preferences live strictly in local browser storage and nowhere else.

Here is a closer look at what is built inside:

1. Modular Widget Ecosystem

You can arrange, drag, and resize over 18 native widgets across customizable grid layouts:

Daily Habit Tracker with streak counters to keep small daily rituals consistent.
Rich Text Notepad with Markdown support and quick sticky notes for scratchpad thoughts.
Priority Task Checklist and to-do lists that stay local to your session.
GitHub Activity Tracker to keep an eye on your contribution streaks without opening a separate tab.
Clock, World Clocks across multiple time zones, and live weather forecasts.
Speed Dial with favicon detection and bookmark folder navigation.
Smart Unit Converter, precision calculator, and a QR code generator with one-click clipboard copy.

2. Offline Ambient Soundscapes and Audio Mixer

Staying in flow often means drowning out background chatter. Rather than streaming heavy audio tracks from remote servers, Satori Tab includes 14 ambient soundscapes generated locally via the Web Audio API:
Rain, thunderstorms, campfire crackles, ocean surf, river streams, waterfalls, forest birds, night crickets, cafe noise, white noise, desk fans, and binaural theta drones.
You can run multiple tracks together and balance their individual volume levels to create your own sound mix. Everything plays offline with zero external network overhead.

3. Focus Tools and Mindfulness Sanctuary

Customizable Pomodoro timer with subtle interval chimes.
Guided Box and 4-7-8 breathing exercises with smooth visual cues for when you need a quick mental reset between tasks.
Minimal Zen Mode, which hides all widgets and panels, leaving you with an uncluttered background and daily curated quotes.

4. Distraction-Free RSS News Reader

Most news feeds push sensational headlines through algorithms. Satori Tab includes a clean RSS reader covering tech, science, business, and culture. You can curate your own feeds, create multi-select reading lists, and read articles without noisy banner ads or trackers.

5. Smart Search Bar and Scopes

The central search bar gives you instant platform jumps without touching the mouse:

Prefix queries with @gh to search GitHub repositories directly.
Use @yt for YouTube, @reddit for Reddit threads, and @ddg for DuckDuckGo.
Includes fast keyboard navigation so you can launch workflows in seconds.

6. Built for Honest Privacy

Chrome extensions often ask for unnecessary permissions. Satori Tab requests only what is required to make the widgets function:

chrome.storage to persist your notes and layout locally.
chrome.bookmarks to populate the optional Speed Dial drawer.
chrome.alarms for background RSS feed refreshes.
No tracking libraries, no analytics scripts, and no external databases.

You can install it directly from the Chrome Web Store:

https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/satori-tab/nnblfnhidlofhfkgldgpeemblahjbpkc

I would love to hear your thoughts on the performance and feel of the dashboard, especially from anyone who cares about local-first software. What tools or widgets would make your daily browser routine feel more peaceful?