StartTreeV2 is a custom start page for your browser, also it's:
- 🆓 Free: hosted on Github pages
- 🔒 Private: no database, saved via url
- ⚡ Lightweight: zero dependencies
→ Start HERE
✏️ Configuring
To enter edit mode, click on the cog icon in the top right corner.
Click the (+) buttons to add new elements:
Search engine URLs
Google search url:https://www.google.com/search?q=DuckDuckGo search url:
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=
Click on elements you would like to edit:
Drag and drop elements you would like to move:
Click on the top right check button to copy and go to your new URL.
Pro tip: Use an url-shortener to shorten the link: TinyUrl
⚙ Setting as default
Once you configured your StartTree and copied its URL, you can set it as your default browser page.
Set as home page: Guide
Set as new-tab page: Download the extension New Tab Override and set it as "custom url"
Set as home page: Guide
Set as new-tab page: Download the extension Change new tab and set it as "URL address"
Set as home/new-tab page: Guide
The current version is stable and tested in Firefox, Chrome and Safari. If you want to contribute, feel free to make a pull request. Please keep it simple and lightweight.
Adding themes
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Create a new .css file in /themes, which follows the same structure as the existing ones (most of them were generated using Pywal).
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Add a new entry at the end of the
THEMESarray in theme-changer.js -
(make a pull request)
StartTreeV2 is based on a static website generated using StartTree. Huge Thanks @Paul-Houser for creating such an awesome project!
How StartTreeV2 differs from StartTree:
The original version is a python program, which generates a static html page based on a yaml config. This version is a website hosted on Github pages, which means you do not have to host it yourself. To configure your tree, I added a web editor, which allows editing the tree directly in the browser. That means you do not have to write a yaml config and recompile the page every time you want to make a change. Your configuration data is stored in the url, which you simply copy once you are done with your configuration.