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Tab Automator

by Grumpy Carebear Β· Tools
Manifest V3 Free
View in Chrome Web Store Data as of 21 Oct 2026

Automate your tabs with rules: rename, group, pin, and sync.

Users
17
store count
Rating
5.0 / 5
unchanged in 30 days
Ratings
1
total ratings
Store rank
#163K
#136K among extensions
Version
1.6.0
updated 6 Oct 2026

Users

monthly, 1 months
0817Sep 2026Oct 2026Oct 2026
Latest, 21 Oct 2026: 17 usersMove the mouse over the chart for any month

Ratings count

monthly, 1 months
001Sep 2026Oct 2026Oct 2026
Latest, 21 Oct 2026: 1 ratingsMove the mouse over the chart for any month

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About Tab Automator

Tab Automator renames, regroups, pins, refreshes and tidies your tabs for you, based on simple rules you set once. Make a rule like "every tab from these sites gets this title, this icon, and goes into this group", and Tab Automator applies it to every matching tab, now and later. ⚑ Quick start - Click the Tab Automator icon on any page to make a rule for it - Or add the page to a rule you already have, in two clicks: just that site (mail.google.com), the whole domain (google.com and everything under it), or that page and the pages below it (github.com/yourname) - Long site lists look after themselves: when a rule gets very long, a new rule continues right below it with the same settings 🏷️ Titles and icons - Rename tabs with your own text, or with text taken from the page - Change a tab's icon: pick one, paste an image, or use an emoji - Titles update as the page changes πŸ“ Keep tabs organized - Put matching tabs into colored, labeled tab groups - Pin, mute, or protect tabs from being closed by accident - Close duplicate tabs automatically - Send every tab a rule matches into its own window πŸ”„ Auto-refresh - Reload tabs every 30 seconds, 1 minute, 5 minutes, 1 hour, 1 day, or any interval you like - Set it per rule, or right-click any page to auto-refresh just that tab - Never reloads the tab you're looking at (unless you want it to) - Waits while a tab is playing audio, while you're typing on the page, or while you're offline 🍯 Tab Hive: close tabs you've forgotten about - Automatically close tabs you haven't used for a while - Find and reopen them from the side panel, grouped by site πŸͺŸ Windows and sessions - Presenting? Move a group of tabs to its own window so your audience sees only those (Alt+Shift+M) - Merge all your windows into one (Alt+Shift+W) - Save windows or groups as named sessions and restore them later, pins and groups intact πŸ” Spot Search - Search all open tabs and bookmarks with Alt+Shift+E (Cmd+Shift+E on Mac) and jump straight there πŸ§ͺ Rule tools - Test any address to see exactly which rule applies to it - Pause all rules with one switch or Alt+Shift+P - Export rules to share, and import rules other people share (you review them first) ♻️ Backup and sync - Optional automatic backup of your settings to your Downloads folder (one dated file per day, last 7 days kept) - Optional sync of your rules across your computers through your browser account 🎨 Themes - Light and dark themes, including Amethyst (soft purple and pink) πŸ”§ For power users - Match addresses by Contains, Starts with, Ends with, Exact, or Regex - Reuse parts of the page title (@1, @2...) or address ($1, $2...) in the new title - Lightweight mode for heavy sites - Keyboard shortcuts for common actions πŸ” Privacy - No data collection. Nothing you browse is sent anywhere. - All rules and settings stay on your device (or in your own browser sync, if you turn it on) - Open source: https://github.com/mikesimone/tab-automator πŸ”’ About permissions Tab Automator needs access to all websites so it can update tabs as you browse. It doesn't collect or send any data. πŸ’¬ Questions or ideas? Open an issue on GitHub or leave a review.

Growth

WindowUsersChangeRatingsRating
7 days+8+88.9%00.00

Version history

5 versions recorded
1.6.06 Oct 2026
1.5.05 Oct 2026
1.4.04 Oct 2026
1.3.01 Oct 2026
1.2.028 Sep 2026

Details

Category
Tools
First seen
28 Sep 2026
Size
333 KB
Languages
en
Pricing
Free
Support
github.com
Extension ID
mookagdegldeclccpbjgpbdacipiehff

Permissions and risk

Elevated riskimpact 3, likelihood 3
Permissions
tabstabGroupsstoragecontextMenusscriptingsidePanelbookmarksalarmsdownloads
Site access
http://*/*https://*/*
Can read and change data on every website you visit.

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