Settings
Make Pako yours — from the makers of Niguro
Theme
Color mode
Follow Windows or pick light/dark
Accent color
Used for buttons, highlights and the new-tab accent
New tab page
Background wallpaper
Shown behind your new-tab search and shortcuts
Custom image URL
Any hosted image, e.g. a photo you like
Show shortcuts
Quick links grid on the new-tab page
Show date
Today's date in the new-tab footer
Show quick links
Niguro, YouTube, Gmail & Maps pills
Upcoming events
Festival countdown chips — Teej, Dashain, Tihar
News feed
Latest stories from Pako News on the new-tab page
Search engine
Default search engine
Used by the address bar and the new-tab page
Niguro is the default and keeps your search independent — everything else still works: just type in the address bar.
Custom engines
Your engines
No custom engines yet
Add an engine
On startup
Open on launch
Choose what you see when Pako starts
Homepage
Where the home button takes you
Privacy & security
Block ads
Stops requests to known ad networks
Block trackers
Stops requests to known analytics & tracking domains
Spell check
Underline misspelled words in text fields
Incognito clears on close
Wipe the temporary incognito profile when the window closes
Browsing data
Cookies, cache, site data and permissions
Performance
Memory saver
Suspend background tabs to free RAM
Suspend background tabs after
Seconds a tab sits in the background before sleeping
sec
Bookmarks
Show bookmarks bar
A slim row of bookmarks under the address bar
History
Passwords
Offer to save passwords
Ask to save logins you enter on websites — stored encrypted on this device only
Autofill
Fill saved usernames and passwords on websites
Downloads
Default browser
Make Pako default
Open links with Pako instead of your current browser
About Pako
Pako Browser
A lightweight, glassy browser — version 0.3.29, with auto-updates and Pako News.
Safe updates
Updates keep your settings, history and passwords on this PC.
Pako is a Niguro product
Pako Browser is a product of Niguro — Nepal's search engine company. Built in-house with the same home-grown spirit as niguro.com.
Made by
Built by Yukesh Chaudhary and the Niguro team.
New tab page
Shortcuts
Add up to 8 of your favourite sites — edit, delete or reorder them right on the page.
Wallpapers
Preset gradients plus free photo wallpapers searched by keyword from Wikimedia Commons — no account or key needed.
What stays private
Your shortcuts, wallpaper, history and preferences live only in this browser — they are never uploaded to Niguro or anywhere else.
Pako & Niguro
Under Niguro
Pako Browser is under Niguro — Nepal's search engine company — and keeps Niguro as your default search so your searches stay independent of the big engines.
Explore more
Pako means the young fern shoot in Nepali — the sprout that grows into something big. 🌿
Icons by Lucide (ISC license). Ad-blocking list by AdAway (CC BY-SA 3.0). Wallpaper photos from Wikimedia Commons (each image keeps its original free license).
Icons by Lucide (ISC license). Ad-blocking list by AdAway (CC BY-SA 3.0). Wallpaper photos from Wikimedia Commons (each image keeps its original free license).
Updates
Pako Browser
You're on version —
Check for updates automatically
Pako checks pako.niguro.com on launch and every few hours
Reset settings
Restore browser defaults
Puts every Pako setting back to its factory default — theme, accent, search engine, startup page, new-tab shortcuts, wallpaper and privacy toggles. Your history, bookmarks, saved passwords and downloads are kept.
What gets reset
Color mode · accent color · search engine & custom engines · startup page · new-tab shortcuts & wallpaper · date/quick-links toggles · ad/tracker blocking · spell check · memory saver · incognito clearing