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Tab Cat

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

Keep tabs on your tabs with a calm new tab dashboard, duplicate cleanup, pinned shortcuts, and a local reading inbox.

Users
11
0 in 30 days
Rating
5.0 / 5
unchanged in 30 days
Ratings
1
0 in 30 days
Store rank
#193K
#162K among extensions
Version
1.2
updated 8 May 2026

Users

monthly, 6 months
0613May 2026Aug 2026Oct 2026
Latest, 21 Oct 2026: 11 usersMove the mouse over the chart for any month

Ratings count

monthly, 6 months
001May 2026Aug 2026Oct 2026
Latest, 21 Oct 2026: 1 ratingsMove the mouse over the chart for any month

The Chrome Web Store rounds user counts down to the leading digit, so the user line moves in steps. The ratings count is exact and is the better signal of real adoption.

About Tab Cat

Tab Cat replaces your new tab page with a clean dashboard for everything you already have open. Instead of digging through crowded browser windows, you get a grouped view of your open tabs, organized by domain. Common homepage-style tabs such as Gmail, X, LinkedIn, YouTube, and GitHub can be treated as their own cleanup lane, so you can quickly see what is useful and what is just browser clutter. What Tab Cat helps you do: See open tabs grouped by domain in one dashboard. Find duplicate tabs and close extra copies. Click any tab title to jump directly to the existing tab. Close one tab or a whole group when you are done with it. Keep a small set of pinned shortcuts above your live tab grid. Save article-like pages into a Reading inbox before closing the tab. Review saved reading items later, mark them read, archive them, or delete them. Optionally analyze saved articles with your own OpenAI-compatible AI provider. Tab Cat is local-first. There is no Tab Cat account and no Tab Cat server. Core browsing state is stored in your browser profile using extension storage and IndexedDB. AI analysis is optional. If you choose to configure an OpenAI-compatible provider, captured article text is sent directly from your browser to the HTTPS provider host you enter in Settings. If you do not configure AI, the core tab dashboard, duplicate cleanup, pinned shortcuts, and reading inbox still work locally. Tab Cat is built for people who keep too many tabs open but still want their browser to feel calm, fast, and under control. Tab Cat is derived from the open-source project at https://github.com/zarazhangrui/tab-out.

Growth

WindowUsersChangeRatingsRating
7 days−2−15.4%00.00
30 days0+0.0%00.00

Version history

3 versions recorded
1.28 May 2026
1.14 May 2026
1.01 May 2026

Details

Category
Tools
First seen
1 May 2026
Size
128 KB
Languages
en, zh-CN
Pricing
Free
Privacy policy
swans-agree-l7j.craft.me
Extension ID
pphdpbbbhlljlcpbimniccknbecidcjd

Permissions and risk

Moderate riskimpact 3, likelihood 2
Permissions
tabsactiveTabstoragescripting
Site access
<all_urls>
Can read and change data on every website you visit.

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