Chrome tab manager

A local-first Chrome tab manager for heavy tab days.

SignalTabs replaces the squeezed tab strip with a new-tab dashboard for seeing every open tab, acting on clutter, saving pages for later, and finding browser context again without a SignalTabs account.

Tabs grouped by domain
Duplicate cleanup
Saved for later
Spotlight search
When a tab manager helps

The problem is not just too many tabs. It is not knowing what is safe to close.

Chrome's native tab strip is fast when you have a handful of pages. It becomes harder to trust when tabs are spread across windows, repeated URLs are hidden, and useful pages are mixed with temporary clutter.

SignalTabs organizes the current browser state into a visible operations dashboard. The goal is not to create another system to maintain; it is to help you take the smallest useful action in the browser you already use.

See

Map every open window.

Open one new tab to see ordinary Chrome windows in the current Chrome Profile, grouped by domain so pages from GitHub, Gmail, YouTube, docs, dashboards, and local work stop blending together.

Act

Handle the obvious clutter first.

Close duplicate tabs, jump across windows, find audio tabs, gather windows, save pages for later, or release eligible background tabs while keeping tab shells in place.

Recover

Keep a clear way back where Chrome allows it.

Supported close flows record URLs in local Archive before closing. Reopen restores the URL, not unsaved form input, scroll position, or hidden in-page state.

Search

Find the page instead of keeping everything open.

Spotlight searches open tabs, Saved for later, local Archive, recent Chrome sessions, bookmarks, and history from one shortcut.

Local-first boundary

No SignalTabs account. No tab-data upload by default.

Core tab management runs in the extension and browser-managed storage. Saved for later can sync through your Chrome account; local Archive records stay in Chrome local extension storage. User-submitted feedback and website CTA metrics are separate from tab-management data.

Install path

Turn your new tab into a browser control surface.

Add SignalTabs from the Chrome Web Store, open a new tab, and start with one obvious operation: close duplicates, save a page for later, or search for the tab you already have open.