Draw by hand
Rectangles, diamonds, ellipses, arrows, freehand and text. Duplicate, flip, group, and undo anything.
free Chrome extension
Your new tab is a canvas.
PaperTab turns Chrome's New Tab into a hand-drawn sketchbook. Doodle something, hit Done, and it becomes your wallpaper, with your clock, search, tasks and notes sitting on top.
No account · No tracking · Your boards stay on your device
1
Press Draw
Shapes, arrows, lines, text and freehand, all with that wobbly hand-drawn look.
2
Hit Done
Your sketch becomes the wallpaper. Every new tab opens to it.
3
Get on with your day
Clock, search, quick links, tasks and notes live right on top.
what's inside
Everything you need, nothing you don't
A calm, cute home screen that still helps you get things done.
Tasks on your wallpaper
Add to-dos with due dates, tick them off, drag to reorder, or sort them in an urgent / important matrix.
Notes that tidy themselves up
Sticky notes fade away after a day, three days or a week. Pin the ones worth keeping, restore the rest for 7 days.
Widgets anywhere
Clock, search bar, quick links, tasks and notes. Turn on only what you want and drag each one where it fits.
Images & mood boards
Drop in a whole folder of images and arrange them in one click. Add captions and source links.
Colours that match
The interface picks up each wallpaper's colours, or a colour you choose. Up to 5 boards, each with its own look.
Light, dark or system
Every wallpaper and every widget works in both themes.
Export & back up
Save art as PNG or SVG, or back up every board, image, task and note to a single .zip file.
don't feel like drawing?
20 hand-drawn wallpapers
Sleepy cats, beach days, bamboo pandas, sweet treats, planners and space doodles. Each one arranges your widgets around its artwork. Scroll through them all.
Weekly Planner Template
A paper-style week: tasks in a taped frame, a notes sheet, clock and search in the middle.
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The full tour
4½ minutes, start to finish: every tool, widget and setting. Jump to a chapter if you're in a hurry.
local-first
Your sketchbook is yours
No account
Nothing to sign up for. Install it and start drawing.
No tracking
No analytics, no telemetry, no ads, and no PaperTab servers.
Stays on your device
Boards, images, tasks and notes live in your browser's local storage.
Being honest about the few requests it makes
- Quick link icons are fetched from Google's favicon service, which sees the linked site's domain.
- Searches go to the search engine you pick (Google, DuckDuckGo, Bing or Brave), just like typing in the address bar.
- Images dragged from another tab are downloaded from their website so they can be saved on your device.
It only asks for the storage permissions. It can't read the pages you visit. See every request · Privacy policy
good questions
Frequently asked
Is PaperTab free?
Yes. Some extras (like more boards or template packs) may become paid one day, but nothing you've already made will ever be locked or deleted.
Where are my drawings saved?
On your own computer, in Chrome's extension storage and IndexedDB. Nothing is uploaded to PaperTab, because there are no PaperTab servers.
How do I move my boards to another computer?
Open Settings and choose Backup & Restore. That saves every board, image, task and note into one .zip file, which you can restore on the other computer.
Will I lose my boards if I uninstall?
Yes. Chrome deletes an extension's storage when you remove it, so make a backup first.
Does it work offline?
Drawing, wallpapers, tasks and notes all work offline. Only searching and quick-link icons need the internet.
Can I get my old New Tab back for a moment?
Turn on only the widgets you want, or switch PaperTab off in chrome://extensions. Your boards stay saved.
Which browsers does it support?
Chrome, and Chromium browsers that install from the Chrome Web Store, such as Edge, Brave and Arc.
Still stuck, found a bug, or have an idea?
Tell us on the PaperTab feedback board. You can also vote on what gets built next.
A sketchbook that lives in your new tab.
Takes ten seconds to install. Your next new tab will look a lot cuter.