Vertical Tabs

Name: Vertical Tabs
Rating: 4.125 (184 reviews)
Author: https://samihaddad.dev

Vertical tab manager in side panel

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Vertical Tabs is a Chrome extension designed to revolutionize your tab management by introducing a vertical tab manager positioned conveniently in Chrome's side panel. With this tool, users can effortlessly organize their tabs using drag-and-drop features, manage multiple tabs simultaneously, and quickly search through open tabs to enhance productivity. The extension seamlessly integrates with Chrome, supporting both left and right side panel positions for personalized browsing setups.

Additionally, Vertical Tabs features an intelligent dark mode that aligns with your system theme for comfortable use, while maintaining privacy by ensuring no tab data is shared externally. Despite Chrome's inherent limitations on resizing and hiding default tab bars, Vertical Tabs offers a significant upgrade in user experience for enhanced navigation and workflow efficiency. Activate it with a simple click or a customizable shortcut (Alt+B), pin it for quick access, and enjoy streamlined browsing today.

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By:

https://samihaddad.dev

Users:

40,000

Rating:

4.13

(184) 1 new ratings

Version:

2.2.11 Last updated: 2025-07-03

Creation date:

2020-08-31

Risk:

Permissions:

sidePanel
tabs
tabGroups
storage
favicon
contextMenus

Size:

295.00KB

Email:

su*****@samihaddad.dev

URLs:

Website

Full description:

Source:

Chrome Web Store

Data ingested on:

2025-07-09

Ranking

# 3,681 ▲ 54

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#27 in Functionality & UI

#82 in discover keyword 21 ▲ 1

#121 in position keyword 27 ▼ 7

#122 in effort keyword 6 ▼ 16

#192 in file keyword 57 ▼ 3

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Publisher Change History

2025-02-07: Email was changed from sa*****@gmail.com to su*****@samihaddad.dev

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User reviews

Users find Vertical Tabs to be a much-needed extension that improves tab management and productivity with a clean vertical layout and group support. However, multiple users report that the sidebar is too wide without an option to resize, and horizontal tabs remain visible, reducing usable screen space. Some key tab group management functions need improvement for better safety and flexibility. Despite these limitations, the extension is praised for its simplicity, speed, and reliable functionality, making it popular among users seeking vertical tabs in Chrome.

Pros

Provides a helpful vertical tab interface which is lacking in some browsers like Comet and Chrome by default.
The extension is simple, efficient, and integrates well inside the Chrome window without cluttering the interface.
It supports tab grouping and group operations which help manage multiple tabs.
Works fast and reliably without bugs and clutter.
Many users appreciate the clean, minimalistic UI which fits well with Chrome's overall style.

Cons

The sidebar width is too large and cannot be reduced or customized, occupying too much screen space.
The extension does not hide the horizontal tabs bar, causing duplication of tabs and reducing webpage view area.
Group tab management features like "close group" versus "delete group" are confusing and sometimes risk losing tabs unintentionally.
Lacks some advanced customization options such as tree-style views, changing background colors, and pinning the sidebar to the preferred side.
Some missing UI and UX polish such as visual separation between groups and multiple tab movement within groups via drag-and-drop.

Recent reviews

This is helpful for the new Perplexity Comet Browser, since it doesn't include vertical tabs natively. I would prefer the option to somehow pin the sidebar to the left side (mirroring Edge), since the Comet Assistant gets pushed into the center of the page when both are active.

Ma*****, 2025-07-02

I think it's a fantastic extension. Much needed in the world of tabs. I would like the ability to reduce the width of the pane itself, but I'm not sure if that's a chrome limitation or not. Seems to be only as small as around 380px.

St*****, 2025-06-26

Some key functions is not minimum usable and also anti-chrome browser function patterns: 1. New tab add to group: this is important to me as I have many tabs (>30 in a window) to manage and most of the time I want to move the tab to a project collection; the feature doesn't list out all groups, which means often I have to do workarounds. 2. Close group: there is a difference between "close group" (close tabs but group stays in project), and "delete group" (like cleaning out the project). However the extension feature of "close group" is the same as "delete group", which is frightening because I almost lost a whole group of important project tabs. Pls fix these 2 most important features above and I would love to come back and re-try again. I do love your UI and cleanness of the extension! :)

Ma*****, 2025-06-23

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Extension safety

Risk impact

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Vertical Tabs requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

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Risk likelihood

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Vertical Tabs has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

Risk likelihood analysis details

High This extension was recently updated in the past month. New updates may not be stable or safe.
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