Safely view and manage your open tabs and tab groups in a sidebar. Fully open-source, with zero dependencies and no data collection.
Users
6
0 in 30 days
Rating
0.0 / 5
unchanged in 30 days
Ratings
0
0 in 30 days
Store rank
#240K
#201K among extensions
Version
1.2.0
updated 2 Jul 2026
Users
monthly, 7 months
Latest, 15 Oct 2026:6 usersMove the mouse over the chart for any month
Ratings count
monthly, 7 months
Latest, 15 Oct 2026:0 ratingsMove the mouse over the chart for any month
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About Pure Side Tabs
🪩 Features
• Show tabs and tab groups in a sidebar
• No data harvesting, ever (source is available for verification)
• Pop-up menu with most-recently visited tabs
• Allows easily switching between most-recently used tabs with the keyboard
• Recent tab view allows for a Ctrl-Tab-like experience.
• Press / in the popup to search all open and recently closed tabs
• Drag-and-drop tabs and tab groups for arrangement
⌨️ Usage
1. Install from the Chrome Web Store
2. Ctrl-B (Command-B on Mac) to show sidebar
3. Ctrl-E (Command-E on Mac) to show popup menu, arrow keys or j/k to navigate, enter to switch, esc to dismiss
4. Configure shortcuts to change keyboard mappings (Window > Extensions > Keyboard shortcuts)
5. Configure settings in extension options
📣 Tips
• You can pin the extension (from the sidebar's title, the Extensions toolbar, or from the extension's details) to make the recent tab popup show faster.
• You can use the popup menu to easily switch back and forth between two tabs (Ctrl-Tab replacement): show the popup menu (Ctrl/Command-E by default), then press Enter. This will switch back and forth between the two most recently-viewed tabs.
• Holding Ctrl/Command while collapsing or expanding tab groups will apply the command to all tab groups in the window.
• Enable "Always keep tab groups at top" in settings to pin tab groups directly after pinned tabs, with automatic enforcement on new tabs and drag-and-drop.
📋 Changelog
• 1.2.0 - "tab groups always at top" setting, added search to MRU popup, audio icon sidebar, bug where tabs were removed from tab groups
• 1.1.0 - cmd+click to open/close all tab groups, scroll to newly opened tabs in list
• 1.0.0 - initial release