Features
Everything a start page should do
Pages, widgets, a new-tab extension, sharing and team tools, without the clutter. Items marked PRO, Team or Enterprise are part of those plans.
Pages and layout
Organise your web into pages for work, home, research or clients, each with its own layout.
Multiple start pages
Three pages free, unlimited on PRO. Switch with the tabs or press 1–9.
1 to 5 columns
Comfortable or compact spacing; the layout reflows on phones and tablets.
Drag and drop
Move widgets between columns and reorder links inside a widget in edit mode.
Collapse and colour
Fold away widgets you don't need right now, and colour-code the rest.
Duplicate pages
Copy a page as the starting point for the next project.
Starter page
New accounts start with a useful page instead of a blank screen.
New tab and browser extension
The CodeRef Start extension for Chrome, Edge and Brave makes your page the first thing every new tab shows.
Your page in every new tab
Pick which page opens. The last copy is cached, so it appears instantly, even offline.
Search or ask AI
Google, DuckDuckGo or CodeRef, or ask ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Copilot and more. Add any other in two fields.
Live sky and backgrounds
A sky that follows the time of day, 22 photos, gradients or your own picture.
Most visited
Your most visited sites as shortcuts under the search bar.
Command menu
Ctrl K jumps to any page, any saved link, or asks AI about what you type.
Save this page
One click saves the current tab to any list on any page.
Save all tabs
Turn a window full of research into a list in one go.
Right-click to save
Save any link or page from the context menu.
Inbox PRO
Saved links wait in your Inbox until you drag them where they belong.
Address-bar search
Type cr and a word in the address bar to search your bookmarks.
Tab sessions
Save every open window and restore it later.
Keyboard shortcuts
Save the current tab or open your start page without the mouse.
Widgets
Bookmarks are just the start. Every widget is listed below.
Bookmarks
A list or icon grid of links with favicons. Drag to reorder, drop links in from your Inbox.
Search
Search Google, Bing, DuckDuckGo, CodeRef or any site with a custom URL template.
Notes
Markdown notes that sync everywhere you open your page.
To-do
A checklist with due dates. Done items move to the bottom.
Clock
Local time, or several cities as a world clock.
RSS feed
Headlines from any RSS or Atom feed, as titles or with summaries.
Weather
Today and the next five days for any city.
Calendar
A month view with today highlighted.
Embed
Any page that allows embedding, in a resizable frame.
Image
A picture or logo, optionally linking somewhere.
Speed dial PRO
Big tiles for the sites you open most.
News mix PRO
Several feeds merged into one list, newest first.
Kanban PRO
To-do, doing, done columns with drag and drop.
Countdown PRO
Days, hours and minutes to a launch, holiday or deadline.
Pomodoro PRO
Focus timer with work and break intervals.
Calculator PRO
Quick sums without leaving the tab.
Currency & crypto PRO
Live exchange rates and crypto prices you choose.
Quote of the day PRO
A fresh quote every morning.
Google / Outlook calendar PRO
Upcoming events from any calendar's ICS link.
GitHub activity PRO
Recent public activity for a user or repository.
CodeRef cheat sheets PRO
Pin the CodeRef cheat sheets and tools you use every day.
Custom HTML PRO
Your own HTML, CSS and JavaScript, safely sandboxed.
Announcement Team
A banner for news everyone on the team should see.
Team directory Team
Names, roles and contact links for your team.
Company apps Team
A branded grid of the tools your company uses.
Search
Search the web, CodeRef or your own intranet from the page.
Your engine
Google, Bing, DuckDuckGo, GitHub, MDN, Stack Overflow or CodeRef.
Custom search
Any site with a search URL, such as your intranet or wiki.
Press /
Jump to the search box from anywhere on the page.
Themes and backgrounds
Make it yours, from a calm solid colour to a moving background.
Colours and gradients
Ten presets designed to keep widgets readable.
Photo backgrounds PRO
Curated photos, or your own image on PRO.
Animated backgrounds
Effects from the CodeRef animated backgrounds library, paused when you're not looking.
Light, dark or automatic
Follow your system, or fix a page to light or dark.
Fonts
Sans, mono or serif.
Custom CSS PRO
Fine-tune every detail of a page.
Import and export
Bring your bookmarks with you and take them anywhere. Nothing is locked in.
Browser bookmarks
One click in the extension, or upload the bookmarks file from any browser.
From start.me and others
Their bookmark exports (HTML) import as pages, keeping your folders.
Feed lists (OPML)
Import your feed reader's subscriptions as RSS widgets.
Export anytime
Bookmarks HTML, Markdown or JSON.
Teams and admin
Give everyone the same links, tools and news, with your branding.
Shared team pages Team
One workspace at coderef.xyz/start/t/your-team.
Roles Team
Owners, admins, editors and viewers.
Branding Team
Your logo and colour across every team page.
Announcements Team
A banner every member sees, plus an announcement widget.
Join by email domain Team
Colleagues with a company address join without an invite.
Default home page Team
Choose the page members land on, and set it as their new tab.
Security and privacy
Built like the rest of CodeRef: as little data as possible, kept safe.
Passwordless sign-in
A one-time code by email. No password to leak.
Scoped extension tokens
The extension's token only works for start pages and can be revoked any time.
Sandboxed widgets
Embeds and custom HTML run in isolated frames that can't reach your account.
Single sign-on Enterprise
SAML and OIDC, with allowed domains.
Managed rollout Enterprise
Push the extension and the team page with Chrome policies.
Analytics
See which links your team really uses, without tracking people.
Link clicks Team
Daily clicks over the last 30 days and the most-used links.
Page views Team
Which team pages people open.
No personal tracking
Counts only: no user, IP address or cookie is stored with a click.
Try every feature
Start free. Upgrade to PRO for $24 a year when you want unlimited pages and every widget.