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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Orbit Station?
Orbit Station is a Chrome extension that replaces your new tab with a beautiful, organized command center. It lets you group all your links into visual workspaces — like Work, Marketing, Finance, Creative — so everything you need is always one click away.
Is Orbit Station really free?
The full local-first experience is free forever — unlimited workspaces and every core feature, with no account required and no sign-in. Pro is an optional paid upgrade ($4.99/mo or $39/yr) that adds cross-device sync and encrypted cloud backup, with a 14-day free trial — cancel anytime, and you won't be charged until the trial ends.
Does Orbit Station track my browsing or collect personal data?
No. Orbit Station is local-first: all your workspaces, notes, to-dos, and links are stored on your device via chrome.storage.local, and the Free features need no account. While you use Orbit, the only default outbound request is for site icons: each saved link’s domain is sent to DuckDuckGo’s public icon service to fetch its logo. Open tabs, recently closed tabs and bookmarks that are only listed get a generic icon, so listing them sends nothing. A few opt-in features can be enabled from Settings — the Weather widget (your location rounded to about 1 km, or a place name you type, sent to Open-Meteo), the daily photo wallpaper (Picsum), anonymous activation analytics (event names and simple counts, never URLs or content), and optional Pro cross-device sync (active only after you sign in with Google and turn it on; it then stores your links, notes, to-dos, boards, calendar and settings in your account). When you uninstall, Chrome opens a short feedback survey whose link tells us only the extension version; your answers, and a few rough details from the link, are sent only if you submit it. Everything else here is off by default and fully described in our Privacy Policy.
How do I import my existing bookmarks?
Open Orbit Station, click the Import button in the toolbar (or press I), and choose what to import: your open tabs, recently closed tabs, Chrome bookmarks, or a pasted list of URLs. Pick the ones you want and the workspace and section to add them to, as individual links or as one tab bundle.
What is Quick Add and how do I use it?
Quick Add saves a link to a workspace. On the Orbit Station new tab, press ⌘⇧A (Mac) or Ctrl+Shift+A (Windows), or click + next to a recently closed tab in the sidebar. Pick the workspace and section and hit Save. To keep the page you’re on from any tab, use Save for later (⌘⇧L / Ctrl+Shift+L), which adds it to your read-later list.
Can I switch between different views?
Yes! Orbit Station offers four views: Galaxy (visual clusters), Grid (tile layout), List (compact rows), and Board (kanban-style columns). Switch between them using the view bar or keyboard shortcuts G, D, L, B.
Will my data sync across devices?
On Free, your data stays in this browser only; Chrome Sync does not copy it to your other devices. Pro adds cross-device sync: sign in with Google in Settings → Sync across devices and turn on “Enable cloud sync”, and your links, notes, to-dos, boards, calendar and settings follow you to every signed-in device. The read-later list stays on each device.
Which browsers are supported?
Orbit Station is available on the Chrome Web Store and works with any modern Chromium-based browser.

Troubleshooting

Orbit Station isn't showing as my new tab

If Orbit Station doesn't appear when you open a new tab:

  1. Make sure the extension is enabled: go to chrome://extensions and check the toggle.
  2. Check if another extension is overriding your new tab page. Disable other new-tab extensions temporarily.
  3. Try restarting Chrome completely (close all windows).
  4. If the issue persists, remove and reinstall Orbit Station from the Chrome Web Store.
My links or workspaces disappeared

Your data is stored locally in Chrome's storage. Data can be lost if:

  • You cleared browsing data (including extension data)
  • You uninstalled and reinstalled the extension
  • Chrome storage was corrupted

To prevent data loss, we recommend periodically exporting from Settings → Data → Export configuration (JSON). The file holds your workspaces, links, tab stacks, galaxies and settings; notes, to-dos, boards and calendar entries aren’t in it, but with Pro sync on they are kept in your account too.

Weather widget shows the wrong location

The weather widget uses your browser's geolocation. If it shows the wrong location:

  1. Make sure you've granted location permissions to the extension.
  2. If using a VPN, your location may be detected incorrectly. Try disabling it temporarily.
  3. You can type a place instead: open the Weather widget in the Tools sidebar (⌘. / Ctrl+.) and type a city (choose Change location if a forecast is already showing).
A keyboard shortcut isn't working

Quick Add (⌘⇧A) and the other new-tab keys only work on the Orbit Station new tab page. The shortcuts that work from any tab — stack launch, Session Capture (⌘⇧0) and Save for later (⌘⇧L) — are managed by Chrome. If one of those doesn't fire:

  1. Go to chrome://extensions/shortcuts and check that Orbit Station's shortcut is set.
  2. Another extension may have claimed the same shortcut. Reassign it if needed.
  3. The shortcut won't work on Chrome system pages (chrome://, Web Store, etc.).

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