I built a free Chrome extension for people with 50+ tabs open
Tabforge closes duplicate tabs, groups by site and searches across windows. Free, local, no account." If you write code for a living, your browser probably looks like mine: 50–100 tabs, docs in one window, research in another, a few half-read articles from last week. I kept losing tabs, opening pages I already had open, and feeling a constant low-level clutter that made it harder to focus. So I…
Tabforge is a free Chrome extension designed to help users manage their numerous open tabs. It closes duplicate tabs, organizes tabs by site, searches tabs across windows, labels tabs for easy filtering, suggests cleanups, and offers quick actions like pinning or muting tabs. The extension also includes a floating timer for focus sessions and a dark mode option.
It is intended for individuals who frequently open many tabs, such as developers, researchers, and students. Privacy is prioritized, as all data remains within the user's browser with no account required and no data sent anywhere. The creator, who built the extension for themselves, is currently the only developer working on it, focusing on features like better session saving and restoring, which have been requested most often by users.
The core functionality remains free, though there may be an optional paid tier for additional features in the future. Users are encouraged to provide feedback on what they would want in a tab manager that their current tool lacks.
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