Welcome to Hub 👋
Follow the steps below to get everything working. You can also skip any step and configure it later from the other tabs.
🔍 Step 1 — Brave Search API
Nexus uses Brave's Search API to fetch private, tracker-free web results. The free tier gives you 2,000 queries/month with no credit card needed.
- Go to the Brave Search API page
- Click "Get Started for Free" and create an account
- In your dashboard, go to API Keys and click Generate Key
- Copy the key (starts with
BSA-) and paste it below
→ brave.com/search/api
Brave Search API Key
Stored only in your browser's localStorage — never sent anywhere except Brave's API.
🗺️ Step 2 — Google Maps (optional)
Needed only to use the Maps tab inside Nexus search. If you don't need it, skip this step.
- Go to Google Cloud Console and create a project
- Enable the Maps Embed API
- Go to Credentials → Create API Key
- Restrict the key to Maps Embed API for security
- Paste the key below
→ Google Cloud Console
🌤️ Step 3 — Weather Location
The weather widget uses Open-Meteo which is free and requires no API key. Just set your city below.
Temperature Unit
📰 Step 4 — News Sources
RTS.ch and Al Jazeera are enabled by default. Add any website that has an RSS feed. You can also edit or remove sources at any time in the News tab.
💡 Tip: Most news sites have a feed at
/rss or
/feed. You can also use
Google News RSS for any site.
🎉
Setup Complete!
Your hub is ready. Use the tabs above to fine-tune any setting at any time.
Reset
Restore the default set of apps (Gmail, Calendar, Drive, YouTube, GitHub, Notion).