Free Chrome extension · Beta

Your tabs and windows,
in one place.

TabSidecar keeps every tab in one searchable list, lets you save and name your windows, brings them back after a restart, and quietly closes the tabs you're done with. Nothing gets lost.

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Free to use. No account, no sign-up.

Replaces: OneTab Toby Session Buddy The Great Suspender
TabSidecar
Search tabs...
Windows
None
Tab Order
Windows: 3
Tabs: 14
AutoParked (week): 0
AI Chat Anchored AI Title
4 tabs
✳ Claudeclaude.ai/chats 3m ago
New Tabnewtab/ 1h 12m ago
ChatGPTchatgpt.com 47m ago
G how to center a div - Google Searchwww.google.com/search 6m ago
Dev & Reading CURRENT Locked
9 tabs
▶ YouTubeyoutube.com 2m ago
r Reddit - Dive into anythingreddit.com 4h 38m ago
S Stack Overflow - Where Developers Learnstackoverflow.com/questions 52m ago
⚛ Reactreact.dev 18h 41m ago
T The New York Times - Breaking News, US & Worldnytimes.com 9m ago
G GitHub: Let's build from heregithub.com 3h 07m ago
W Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaen.wikipedia.org 1d 2h ago
CURRENTExtensionsextensions/ 21m ago
N Notion - The all-in-one workspacenotion.so 5h 19m ago
ccccc Locked
1 tab
C Save Our Local Library · Change.orgwww.change.org/p/save-our-library 2d 4h ago
All tabsParkedSearch

Session Recovery

Windows that survive a restart.

If Chrome closes for any reason, a crash, a force-quit, or a normal restart, your windows reopen the way you left them.

  • Restarts are detected automatically
  • Each window is matched to its saved state
  • Works even when Chrome's own restore doesn't
Running

Chrome quits, then every window is restored

Auto-Park

Close the clutter. Keep every tab.

When a tab sits untouched past a timer you set, TabSidecar closes it and adds it to a list you can search and reopen.

  • You choose the timer, from an hour to a few weeks
  • Parked tabs are searchable and reopen in one click
  • Pinned tabs are left alone
Parked 0 tabs · one click to reopen

Idle tabs close and drop into the parked list

Window Management

Take control of every window.

See all your open windows in one place, then title, lock, anchor, or save any one of them.

  • Give any window a title you'll recognize
  • Lock a window so its tabs are never auto-parked
  • Save a window and reopen the whole set later

More window controls are coming with Pro.

Windows 3 open
Untitled window Locked Saved 7 tabs
Client work12 tabs
Reading list9 tabs
Title Lock Save
 

Title, lock, and save any open window

Smart Organizer

Tabs that sort themselves.

Set rules for where tabs belong and they move there as soon as they open: work in one window, shopping in another.

  • Match on the URL or page title, no regex to write
  • Auto-move or auto-close anything that matches
  • Built-in rules for common AI tools
github.com amazon.com chatgpt.com linear.app etsy.com claude.ai
Work
Shopping
AI tools

New tabs route into the right window

The first week

What changes after a few days.

No setup project. It starts helping the moment it's installed, and gets more useful as it learns your habits.

Today Day 3 Day 7

Today

  • See every tab grouped by window
  • Search across all windows at once
  • Turn on Auto-Park and set a timer

Day 3

  • Inactive tabs are parking themselves
  • A restart no longer loses your windows
  • First few rules routing new tabs

Day 7

  • A tab bar you can actually read
  • Nothing lost, everything searchable
  • Labels and nicknames where you want them

How it works

Up and running in minutes.

1

Install it

One click from the Chrome Web Store. No account, no email.

2

Open the popup

Your tabs are grouped by window, ready to search and sort.

3

Turn on Auto-Park

Pick how long a tab can sit untouched before it gets closed.

Questions

Common questions.

Is it really free?
Yes. It's free while in beta. We're working on a paid Pro plan with AI features, but everything available now will stay free.
Do parked tabs get deleted?
No. Parking a tab closes it but saves it to a searchable list. One click brings it back, and pinned tabs are never parked.
Do I need an account?
No. There's no sign-up. TabSidecar runs locally in your browser.
Will it close tabs I'm actively using?
Only tabs you haven't touched since the timer you set. Pinned tabs are never closed.
Does it survive a Chrome crash?
Yes. That's Session Recovery: window layouts are saved in the background and restored when Chrome reopens.
Can I back up my data?
Yes. Export your tabs, labels, filters, and settings to JSON or CSV, and import them back later.

Pricing

Free now. Pro later.

Everything TabSidecar does now is free. We're building a paid Pro plan with AI features. It will be optional, and the basics will stay free.

Free Available now
$0 / for the basics
  • Auto-Park with a timer you control
  • Session Recovery and anchor windows
  • Smart Organizer rules
  • Labels, nicknames and search
  • Backup and restore to JSON / CSV
Add to Chrome
Pro Coming soon
TBD
  • AI auto-organizing across windows
  • Natural-language tab search
  • Summaries of what's in your parked tabs
  • Smarter rules that learn your habits
  • Advanced window management
Coming soon