Home Screen & Shortcuts

By default, WebLibre shows the home page when you open the app without a tab or close your last tab.

The search field offers voice search and QR scanning. Below it, the page can show sections such as Quick Actions, Shortcuts, Recent Tabs, and a daily quote. Quick actions include New tab, View tabs, and Resume last tab when available. Depending on context, you may also see:

The quote card includes Refresh quote if you want a different one.

In Settings > Home & New Tab > When there is no tab to show, choose the home page (default), resume your last tab, or open an address you enter. Turn on Apply when the last tab closes if you also want that choice when you close the last tab in a container, instead of opening a tab from another container. That option is off by default.

Open Settings > Home & New Tab to adjust these separately:

You can set a different wallpaper for a container in its editor. Search-result sections shown after you start typing are configured separately; see Search Modules.

The home surface can show a dismissible Support WebLibre card. It explains the optional Supporter subscription, which funds development and powers the features that need a hosted service (WebLibre Search and encrypted account sync).

The browser and all its privacy features remain free and need no subscription. The banner hides automatically once you dismiss it or if you are already a supporter.

Learn more: Supporter Subscription

If you open the home surface while a specific container is selected, WebLibre adapts the view to that container.

For example, it can show:

That helps the empty state feel tied to the container you are working in instead of feeling like a generic browser screen.

Shortcuts are quick-launch tiles for pages you open often.

Shortcuts appear in the start or empty search experience, and they are not the same thing as bookmarks. They are meant for fast access, while Bookmarks are better for long-term saved pages and folder organization.

Shortcuts can come from different sources:

Some tiles may show a pin badge or a default-site badge so you can tell where they came from.

To use one:

WebLibre opens that page directly.

You can pin the current page from the browser menu with Pin to Shortcuts.

Shortcut tiles also support extra actions through their menu. Depending on the kind of tile, you may see:

Pinned shortcuts are good for pages you want to keep available even if your browsing history changes.

If you edit a shortcut, you can change its title or address. If you remove one, WebLibre hides it from the Shortcuts area. Tap the + tile in Shortcuts to add one yourself by entering a title and address, without waiting for a suggested site. You can also hide suggestions from an entire site at once. Removed shortcuts stay hidden rather than reappearing when your history changes.

If you have enough persisted shortcuts, WebLibre can let you reorder them.

To do that:

Only persisted shortcuts take part in reordering. History-based suggestions may still appear, but they are not the same as your manually ordered pinned set.

Shortcuts are best for:

Bookmarks are better for:

If you want a page to stay permanently easy to find, save it as a bookmark even if it also appears in Shortcuts.

The same start area can also show other quick sections, such as:

You can learn more about those in Search Modules.