Huminn
Huminn is a Chrome browser extension that transforms the default new tab page into a local-first RSS news reader. It replaces chrome://newtab entirely, providing a personalized magazine grid of stories from your chosen feeds. Because all feed fetching, parsing, and storage happen directly on your device—with no backend servers or cloud proxies—your reading habits, URLs, and data remain completely private. The interface is designed as a magazine spread, grouping stories in blocks of five with a hero card, three medium cards, and a wide card. It also includes a search bar that supports multiple search engines, a clock, customizable shortcut tiles for quick access to favorite sites, and a floating notification pill alerting you to new stories. Huminn leverages Chrome's built-in on-device AI capabilities to translate story titles and descriptions into your language and to summarize articles in four formats (key points, TL;DR, teaser, or headline) via a side panel. Translation and summarization run entirely locally; no data is sent to external servers. The AI features require a supported desktop version of Chrome. Feed management is handled through a drawer where you add RSS URLs, monitor source status, or discover new feeds. A settings drawer controls theme, language preferences, AI options, search engine, and data retention. The extension loads instantly from local cache, ensuring zero network delay when opening a tab.
- Category
- News Magazines
- Pricing
- Free
Problem solved
Huminn solves the problem of cluttered and impersonal browser new tab pages by turning them into a clean, magazine-like RSS reader. It eliminates reliance on cloud services for news aggregation, giving you full control and privacy over your reading data while providing modern AI-enhanced reading tools.
Use cases
- Replace Chrome's default new tab with a personalized news feed
- Read RSS feeds privately without relying on cloud services
- Quickly summarize long articles using on-device AI
- Translate foreign-language news on the fly
- Curate a visually appealing magazine layout of your daily news
- Manage multiple RSS sources from a single local interface
Audience
- Developers
- Researchers
- Hobbyists
Pros
- Complete privacy: all data stays on your device
- Instant loading from local cache
- Magazine grid layout provides an engaging reading experience
- On-device AI translation and summarization without cloud dependency
- Free to use with no ads or account required
Cons
- Only available for Google Chrome on desktop
- On-device AI features are in beta and require supported hardware
- Language model downloads may consume storage space
- No synchronization across devices (local-only storage)
- Limited to RSS feeds; no algorithmic content discovery
Official website: https://gethuminn.com/en
Canonical LambdaBase page: https://www.lambdabase.com/tools/huminn