SpeedGrid vs Bonjourr

Two beautiful new tabs with different ideas of calm.

I’m Joey, the designer and photographer who makes SpeedGrid. Bonjourr is not affiliated with SpeedGrid. This is a comparison between two independently made products that both care about design—and make different tradeoffs to get there.

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Verified against Bonjourr’s official website, documentation, privacy policy, and Chrome Web Store listing on August 15, 2026.

SpeedGrid color-gradient controls beside a customized visual grid

The short version

Bonjourr is a minimalist startpage. SpeedGrid is a visual workspace.

Bonjourr is stronger when...

You want a private, lightweight page with calming widgets.

Free, open source, no account required, and available across several desktop browsers
Dynamic photo and video backgrounds, weather, quotes, notes, and a Pomodoro timer
Custom CSS, many languages, and local or browser-native settings sync

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SpeedGrid is worth trying when...

You want a larger collection to stay visually structured.

Separate focused grids, place related grids in folders, and give a card two destinations
Reusable visual profiles for typography, spacing, colors, logos, backgrounds, and layout
Responsive signed-in web access, portable backups, and automatic Plus restore points

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What feels different

SpeedGrid puts more structure between you and a crowded bookmark list.

More than one layer

Bonjourr’s Quick Links keep favorites close on a clean startpage. SpeedGrid is built for a larger map: split destinations into purpose-built grids, place grids inside folders, and keep two related targets on one card without adding visual clutter.

Profiles for distinct workspaces

Both products offer meaningful customization. SpeedGrid’s difference is that type, spacing, color, card styling, backgrounds, and layout can travel together as reusable profiles—so Work, Home, Travel, or a client grid can each feel intentionally different.

Two good privacy models

Bonjourr is the stronger fit when no account and local or browser-native sync are priorities. SpeedGrid uses an account for cross-device web access and restore features, while keeping its extension narrowly permissioned and avoiding browsing-history access. See SpeedGrid’s boundaries.

Three questions

What should the new tab remember for you?

The better fit depends on whether you want a calm canvas with helpful widgets or a designed navigation system for many destinations.

1
Do you want the page to help you focus?
Choose Bonjourr when weather, notes, quotes, a Pomodoro timer, and time-aware backgrounds are part of the experience you want. SpeedGrid currently stays focused on navigation and organization instead of productivity widgets.
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2
Will one layer of links stay manageable?
Choose SpeedGrid when your destinations naturally separate into projects, clients, travel, entertainment, or parts of your life. Folders, grids, search, and dual-destination cards create hierarchy without turning the page into a dense portal.
3
Which sync model do you prefer?
Bonjourr stores settings locally or uses the browser’s own sync and says its team does not collect user-generated settings. SpeedGrid’s signed-in model follows you across supported devices and adds cloud backups and restore points, which requires account-scoped storage.
Read Bonjourr’s privacy details

Stay with Bonjourr if...

Its elegant simplicity is already enough.

Bonjourr is an excellent choice if you value open-source transparency, no required account, broad desktop-browser support, dynamic backgrounds, custom CSS, weather, notes, quotes, or a focus timer. Try SpeedGrid when your links have outgrown a flat startpage and deeper visual organization would make the browser feel more like your own workspace.

Let your own links decide

Build one grid. Keep both options open.

SpeedGrid is free to start. Keep Bonjourr installed until you know which kind of calm actually fits the way you browse.

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