# Slaet

> Slaet is a free Chrome extension and web app that turns your browser's new tab into a customizable workspace for tasks, notes, lists, and reminders.

Slaet lives on the new tab you already open dozens of times a day. Your to-dos and a space to write are there the moment a tab opens — alongside your own wallpaper and your usual search engine (Google, Bing, or DuckDuckGo). It is local-first: everything works fully offline and without an account, and your data stays on your device by default. Signing in with Google is optional and only adds cloud sync across your browsers and devices. Slaet is completely free — there is no paid or Pro tier.

## Pages
- [Home](https://slaet.space/): What Slaet is, how it works, how it compares to a typical to-do app, and FAQ.
- [Guide](https://slaet.space/guide): Every feature and how to use it — tasks with context, notes, rich-text formatting, reminders, natural-language dates, notifications, sharing, sync, and themes.
- [Blog](https://slaet.space/blog): Writing on focus, productivity, and note-taking.
- [Alternatives](https://slaet.space/alternatives): Sourced comparisons between Slaet and Momentum, Tabliss, Infinity New Tab, and Notion — each one stating where the other tool is the better choice.
- [Privacy Policy](https://slaet.space/privacy): What data Slaet collects, how it is stored (local-first, optional Supabase sync), and how to delete it.

## Key facts
- Type: Chrome extension and web app (web app at https://app.slaet.space).
- Category: new-tab replacement / productivity (tasks, notes, lists, reminders).
- Price: free, with no paid or Pro tier.
- Account: not required; Slaet works offline in a guest/local mode. Optional Google sign-in enables cloud sync.
- Data: stored locally in your browser by default; a synced copy is stored on Supabase only if you sign in. You can delete your account and all synced data at any time. Slaet never reads your browsing history and never sells data.
- Platforms: Chrome and Chromium-based browsers (Chrome, Brave, Edge).
- Notes: rich text; can be standalone or attached to a task; pastes code, links, and markdown cleanly.
- Reminders: set with natural-language dates ("call the bank tomorrow at 3pm"); surface as in-app and desktop notifications; priority flags for urgent tasks.
- Sharing: create and share lists with live collaboration; share an individual task as a read-only link (no account needed to view).
- Personalization: custom wallpapers with adjustable blur; your existing search engine stays intact.

## Pricing
- Free — every feature is included at no cost. There is no paid tier, no Pro plan, and no credit card required.

## FAQ
- What is Slaet? A free Chrome extension and web app that turns your new tab into a customizable workspace for tasks, notes, lists, and reminders.
- Is Slaet free? Yes, completely free, with no paid or Pro tier.
- Do I need an account? No — Slaet works with no sign-up. Sign in only to sync across devices.
- Does Slaet work offline? Yes — it is local-first and works fully offline without an account.
- Does Slaet sync? Optionally, when you sign in, across Chrome, Brave, and Edge.
- Can I share or collaborate? Yes — shared lists with live collaboration, plus read-only task links.
- Who owns my data? You do; it stays on your device by default and can be deleted at any time.
- Which browsers? Chrome and Chromium-based browsers; also a web app at app.slaet.space.

## Comparisons with other apps
Full write-ups at https://slaet.space/alternatives. Each page cites the competitor's own site and is dated.
- Slaet vs Momentum (https://slaet.space/alternatives/momentum): Slaet is a free Momentum alternative for Chrome. It puts tasks, rich-text notes, unlimited lists, reminders and your own wallpaper on every new tab, and none of it sits behind a subscription. It works offline without an account; signing in only adds sync across devices.
  - Choose Momentum instead when: Momentum is the most polished daily-ritual dashboard there is, and it has earned its audience. Its focus mode, mantras, Pomodoro timer, site blocker, Spotify and YouTube sound integrations, and direct connections to Todoist, Asana, Trello and Google Tasks are genuinely excellent, and its photography library is better than anything Slaet ships. If your to-dos already live in another task manager and you want a beautiful surface over them, Momentum is the better tool.
  - Slaet's limits here: Slaet has no Pomodoro timer, no site blocker, no focus sounds and no third-party task integrations — it expects your tasks to live in Slaet itself. It also only runs on Chrome and Chromium browsers (Chrome, Brave, Edge) plus the web app, so if you are on Firefox or Safari, Momentum covers you and Slaet does not.
- Slaet vs Tabliss (https://slaet.space/alternatives/tabliss): Slaet is a Tabliss alternative for people who outgrew the to-do widget. Both are free and work without an account, but Slaet adds full rich-text notes, reminders with natural-language dates, shareable lists with live collaboration, and optional cross-device sync. Tabliss remains the better pick if open source and Firefox support matter more.
  - Choose Tabliss instead when: Tabliss is open source, built by volunteers, and takes a harder privacy line than almost anything in this category: no ads, no subscriptions, no data mining, and code you can actually read. It runs on Firefox as well as Chrome and Edge, supports 40-plus languages, and its background options — Unsplash, GIPHY, gradients, solid colours, your own images — plus its sheer volume of customization options beat Slaet's. If your priority is an auditable, beautiful, infinitely tweakable new tab, Tabliss is the right answer and you should keep using it.
  - Slaet's limits here: Slaet is not open source, and it does not run on Firefox — Chrome, Brave, Edge and the web app only. Slaet also has fewer purely cosmetic knobs: there is no analogue clock, no GIPHY backgrounds, and no widget-by-widget layout editor. If you switch, you are trading customization breadth for task and note depth.
- Slaet vs Infinity New Tab (https://slaet.space/alternatives/infinity-new-tab): Slaet is an Infinity New Tab alternative for people who use the new tab to work rather than to launch sites. Infinity is built around a speed-dial icon grid with to-do and note widgets on a sidebar; in Slaet the tasks, notes, lists and reminders are the page itself, it is free with no Pro tier, and it needs no account or social login.
  - Choose Infinity New Tab instead when: Infinity New Tab is the better product if what you actually want is a launcher. Its speed-dial grid, icon library, bookmark and top-sites integration, Gmail unread badge and enormous wallpaper collection are more developed than anything Slaet offers, and it has been polished over many years for exactly that job. Slaet has no speed dial, no icon grid and no bookmark integration, so if your new tab is primarily how you navigate the web, Infinity wins outright.
  - Slaet's limits here: Slaet does not replace a bookmark manager: there is no speed dial, no site icon grid, no top-sites row and no Gmail badge. It also ships far fewer wallpapers out of the box — you bring your own image instead. And Slaet only signs in with Google, so the Facebook, WeChat, Weibo and QQ options Infinity offers have no equivalent.
- Slaet vs Notion (https://slaet.space/alternatives/notion): Slaet is a lightweight Notion alternative for quick notes. Notion is a workspace you build; Slaet is already open on every new tab, so a note takes one keystroke instead of a page, a database and a decision about where it belongs. Slaet is free, works offline with no account, and pastes code, links and markdown without reformatting them.
  - Choose Notion instead when: Notion is not overkill — it is simply a different category, and for that category nothing here competes. Databases, relations, rollups, templates, team wikis, permissions, publishing: if you are documenting a company or running projects across a team, Notion is the correct tool and Slaet cannot do any of that. Slaet has no databases, no templates, no nested pages, no team workspace and no publishing. Most people who move a note into Slaet keep Notion for everything structured.
  - Slaet's limits here: There is no page hierarchy, no database, no relation, no template gallery, no backlink graph and no multi-user workspace with roles. Slaet notes are a fast surface for text, code and links — not a knowledge base. If you need to find a note in three months by traversing a structure, Notion is where it should live.

## Blog posts
- [You Care About It. You Still Didn't Do It.](https://slaet.space/blog/intention-action-gap): You meant to do it. You cared about it. It still didn't happen. The research on why intention fails to become action, and the system design that fixes it.
- [Sticky Notes for Chrome: A Scratchpad That Doesn't Get Buried](https://slaet.space/blog/sticky-notes-chrome-alternative): Windows Sticky Notes get buried behind windows. Compare sticky note options for Chrome — per-page annotation versus a persistent scratchpad on your new tab.
- [Hit Evernote's 50-Note Limit? Free Alternatives That Don't Cap You](https://slaet.space/blog/evernote-alternative-free-unlimited-notes): Evernote free is capped at 50 notes and 1 notebook. Compare the best free alternatives with unlimited notes, plus how to export your .enex archive safely.
- [A Free Todoist Alternative Without the 5-Project Limit](https://slaet.space/blog/todoist-alternative-free-unlimited-projects): Todoist's free plan caps you at 5 active projects. Compare the best free alternatives with unlimited lists — and the one check to run before you pay for Pro.
- [A Google Keep Alternative That's Already Open in Your Browser](https://slaet.space/blog/google-keep-alternative-new-tab): Google Keep has no desktop app and no folders. Compare the best free Keep alternatives — including one that lives on the new tab you already open.
- [A Simpler Obsidian Alternative for People Who Just Want to Write](https://slaet.space/blog/obsidian-alternative-simple-quick-notes): Obsidian is free but it's a system you build. Compare simpler alternatives for quick notes — and when staying with Obsidian is genuinely the right call.
- [Why You Keep Forgetting Your Tasks (It's Your System, Not You)](https://slaet.space/blog/why-you-keep-forgetting-tasks): You're not bad at productivity. Most task systems rely on you remembering to check them. Learn how event cues, low friction, and clear next actions fix that.
- [How to Stop Forgetting Your To-Do List](https://slaet.space/blog/how-to-stop-forgetting-your-to-do-list): Keep forgetting to check your to-do list? Here's why hidden task lists fail and how putting tasks on your Chrome new tab keeps them in view — free, no account.
- [How to Add a To-Do List to Your Chrome New Tab (2026)](https://slaet.space/blog/add-todo-list-to-chrome-new-tab): Turn your Chrome new tab into a to-do list in under a minute — free, no account, with notes and reminders. Step-by-step guide.
- [How to Change Your Chrome New Tab Background (and Blur It)](https://slaet.space/blog/change-chrome-new-tab-background-blur): Change your Chrome new tab background in seconds: set a custom wallpaper, adjust the blur, and keep your search engine — free, with tasks and notes built in.
- [The Best Free New-Tab To-Do & Notes Extension for Chrome (2026)](https://slaet.space/blog/best-free-new-tab-todo-notes-extension-chrome): Looking for the best free new-tab extension for Chrome with real tasks and notes? Here's what to look for, and how Slaet compares — free, no account.
- [Set Reminders in Plain English, Right in Your Browser](https://slaet.space/blog/natural-language-reminders-browser): Set reminders by typing plain English like “call the bank tomorrow at 3pm.” Slaet reads the time from your sentence and notifies you — free, in your browser.
- [An Offline To-Do List for Your Browser — No Account Needed](https://slaet.space/blog/offline-todo-list-no-account-browser): Want a to-do list that works offline with no account? Here's how a local-first browser to-do list keeps your tasks private and always available.
- [A Real-Time Shared To-Do List, Right in Your New Tab](https://slaet.space/blog/real-time-shared-todo-list-new-tab): Create a real-time shared to-do list your whole team sees update live — plus read-only task links. Free, right in your browser's new tab.
- [Where to Stash Code Snippets Without Leaving the Browser](https://slaet.space/blog/save-code-snippets-in-browser): Keep code snippets one new tab away: paste commands, regexes, and config blocks with formatting intact. Free, offline, no account — right in your browser.
- [Sync Your Tasks and Notes Across Chrome, Brave, and Edge](https://slaet.space/blog/sync-tasks-notes-across-browsers): Sync your tasks and notes across Chrome, Brave, and Edge with an optional sign-in — while everything stays local-first and offline by default. Free.
- [Keep Your Notes Attached to the Task They Belong To](https://slaet.space/blog/keep-notes-attached-to-tasks): Stop splitting tasks and notes across two apps. Keep the context — the why, the link, the note — attached to each task, one new tab away. Free.
- [New-Tab Extensions That Don't Hijack Your Search Engine](https://slaet.space/blog/new-tab-extension-keep-search-engine): Want a new-tab extension that keeps your Google, Bing, or DuckDuckGo search? Slaet adds tasks and notes without hijacking your search — free and private.
- [Write Markdown Notes in Your New Tab (No App-Switching)](https://slaet.space/blog/markdown-notes-new-tab): Write markdown notes in your Chrome new tab: type # for headings, - for lists, paste markdown cleanly. A fast scratchpad that's always one tab away. Free.
- [How to Prioritize Your Tasks Without Overthinking It](https://slaet.space/blog/prioritize-tasks-without-overthinking): Learn a lightweight way to prioritize tasks without heavy frameworks — using simple priority flags and reminders instead of a full Eisenhower grid. Free.
- [Build a Quick-Capture Inbox in the Tab You Already Open](https://slaet.space/blog/gtd-quick-capture-inbox-browser): Build a quick-capture inbox on your browser's new tab: get tasks and ideas out of your head instantly, even offline. The capture habit, minus the setup. Free.
- [Shared Lists for Groceries, Trips, and Projects — Updated Live](https://slaet.space/blog/shared-lists-groceries-trips-projects): Keep shared lists for groceries, trips, and projects updated live for everyone — free, right in your new tab. No more duplicated or forgotten items.
- [The Best Apple Notes Alternative for Windows in 2026 (That Doesn't Overwhelm You)](https://slaet.space/blog/apple-notes-alternative-windows-simple-workspace): Looking for an Apple Notes alternative on Windows? Here's an honest comparison of the best simple note-taking tools — without the overwhelming setup.
- [Why Productivity Apps Kill Your Habits Before They Start](https://slaet.space/blog/why-productivity-apps-kill-your-habits-before-they-start): Most productivity apps fail because they add friction before you can write. Here's the science behind why simpler tools build better habits.
- [Can't Focus on One Thing? How to Stay Organized and Actually Get Things Done](https://slaet.space/blog/cant-focus-on-one-thing-how-to-stay-organized-and-get-things-done): Your brain wasn't built to hold 11 things at once. Here's how scattered thinkers can capture fragmented thoughts and stay organized without the overwhelm.
- [How to Take Notes While Browsing Without Switching Apps](https://slaet.space/blog/take-notes-while-browsing-without-switching-apps): Learn why you keep losing thoughts between tabs and how to capture notes instantly while browsing — without switching apps or breaking your focus.

## Optional
- [Full text (llms-full.txt)](https://slaet.space/llms-full.txt): The above with every FAQ answer inlined in full.
- [RSS feed (feed.xml)](https://slaet.space/feed.xml): New posts as they publish.