A Chrome extension that turns your new tab page into a macOS Launchpad-style URL launcher, with shortcut-alias navigation built in.

Features

  • Alias navigation. Type gh anthropic in the search box → opens https://github.com/anthropic. Aliases support #:1 #:2 placeholders for parametrized URLs.
  • Launchpad-style new tab. 7×4 paged grid (4-column on mobile), drag to reorder, drag onto another icon to create a folder, drag to the right edge to make a new desktop, swipe / arrow keys to flip pages.
  • Icon customization. Auto-fetched favicons from multiple services, letter tiles with hash-based colors, or upload your own image (≤512 KB).
  • Right-click menu. Hide / delete / edit any icon; dissolve folders; add icons from blank space; restore hidden icons.
  • Bookmarks bridge. Convert your shortcuts to Chrome bookmarks (grouped into folders) or extract bookmarks as a JSON shortcut file.
  • Optional cloud sync. Sync your URLs and layout across devices via your Google Drive’s hidden app-data folder or a private GitHub Gist — your choice. Zero backend. The GitHub path signs in with a device code, so it also works on mobile Chromium browsers.
  • Light / dark theme. Auto (follow system), light, or dark, toggled from the popup.
  • Bilingual UI. English and 中文 (Simplified Chinese).

Privacy

See the Privacy Policy. Short version: all data is stored locally on your device. The optional cloud sync writes a single JSON file to a place you own — your Google Drive’s hidden app-data folder or a private GitHub Gist. No Urlist server, no analytics.

Install

Install Urlist from the Chrome Web Store, or load the repo unpacked from chrome://extensions/ in developer mode.

Source

Source code on GitHub: antic222/Urlist