Arcline — Vertical Tabs & Workspaces

Transform Chrome into an Arc-inspired, clutter-free workspace. Vertical tabs, color-coded Spaces, nested folders, instant Command Palette, and an aesthetic New Tab page, built natively into Chrome’s side panel. Tired of having 50+ horizontal tabs squeezed across your screen until you can only see tiny favicons? Arcline brings modern, vertical tab management and fluid spatial organization right into your browser, with zero clutter and zero lag. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ✨ KEY FEATURES ✦ NATIVE VERTICAL TABS IN SIDE PANEL • Built using Chrome's native Side Panel API always accessible beside your active page without intrusive popups or separate windows. • Clean, scrollable list of open tabs with page titles, favicons, mute status, and audio indicators. • Two-way real-time sync: tabs opened, closed, or moved in Chrome reflect instantly in Arcline. ✦ SPACES (SMART WORKSPACES) • Separate your online life: Work, Personal, Research, Side Projects, or Gaming. • Assign custom colors, icons, and themes to each Space. • Switch Spaces cleanly without losing your place tabs stay non-destructively organized. ✦ EXTENSION-LEVEL PINNED TABS & FOLDERS • Pin critical tabs that survive browser restarts and accidental closures. • Organize long-term resources into collapsible, color-coordinated folders. • Drag-and-drop tabs into pins, folders, or between Spaces effortlessly. ✦ FAVORITES DOCK • Quick-access top bar for your daily essential tools (Gmail, GitHub, Notion, YouTube, Slack). • Real-time indicator shows when an active tab matches one of your favorites. ✦ LIGHTNING-FAST COMMAND PALETTE (Alt + K) • Search open tabs, pinned resources, bookmarks, and settings instantly at the speed of thought. • Switch Spaces, trigger commands, or jump straight to a URL without taking your hands off the keyboard. ✦ AESTHETIC CUSTOM NEW TAB PAGE • Replaces the boring blank tab with a clean, customizable dashboard. • Curated collection of aesthetic wallpapers (or upload your own). • Productivity widgets: Clock, Weather, Smart Search bar, and customizable Quick-Launch Shortcuts. ✦ INSTANT MRU TAB SWITCHING (Alt + Q) • Toggle back and forth between your most recently used tabs just like Alt+Tab on your desktop. • Powered by session-backed MRU tracking that never drops your history. ✦ IN-PLACE RENAMING & ORGANIZATION • Custom rename any tab, pin, or folder to keep your sidebar tidy and readable. • Cluster tabs by domain (e.g., github.com, youtube.com) with one click. • Full Chrome Native Tab Groups support with mirrored colors and collapse states. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ⌨️ KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS Speed up your daily workflow with built-in shortcuts: • Alt + S ▸ Open / focus Arcline Side Panel • Alt + K ▸ Open Command Palette (search tabs & actions) • Alt + Q ▸ Switch to most recently used tab (MRU) • Alt + C ▸ Quick-copy current tab URL to clipboard (You can customize any shortcut anytime at chrome://extensions/shortcuts) ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🔒 PRIVACY-FIRST & LOCAL-FIRST Arcline is engineered with privacy as a foundational principle: • Local-First: Your tabs, spaces, pins, and custom titles live directly on your device in local storage. • No Data Selling & No Telemetry: We do not track your browsing history or sell your data. • Full Backup & Restore: Export and import your entire workspace setup anytime with one-click JSON backups. • Lightweight & Fast: Manifest V3 compliant, memory-efficient background service worker with zero background battery drain. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🚀 GETTING STARTED 1. Click "Add to Chrome". 2. Pin Arcline to your extension toolbar or press Alt + S to open the side panel. 3. Create your first Space (e.g., "Work" or "Personal"), organize your tabs, and experience a cleaner, faster web!