prune

A browser extension to help you trim your garden of tabs.
What is prune?
prune is a free and open-source Chrome extension designed to help you manage your tab growth. It prevents duplicate tabs, hides or removes old tabs after a customizable time window, and allows you to set a limit on the number of tabs you have open. Download prune today to maintain a tidy and organized browsing experience.

Extension stats

By: prune
Users: 256 ▲ 6
Rating: 4.89 (9)
Version: 3.4.16 (Last updated: 2024-08-29)
Creation date: 2021-01-12
Risk impact: Moderate risk impact
Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 3
Permissions:
  • storage
  • alarms
  • tabs
  • bookmarks
  • tabGroups
Size: 477.18K

Ranking

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#2830 in Tools ▼ 26

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Extension summary

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prune can help you manage your tab growth by:

  • Preventing you from opening duplicate tabs (focusing ones you already have open instead!)
  • Hiding or removing old tabs (you decide how old is too old!)
  • Setting a limit on the number of tabs you have open (pick what works best for you!)
  • ...and more!

This project is free, open-source, and can be found at https://github.com/tbrockman/prune

User reviews

This is awesome extension. It would be nice to have shortcut of turning on/off closing duplicated tab and to be able to make site excepions of closing duplicated tab.
by 1 2, 2024-06-06

This doesn't seem to work well for me, I am using a workspace to sync my browser across multiple devices, I am guessing every time I close and re-open the workspace it resets the timer to prune old tabs? In any case, I've only ever had one tab automatically pruned despite using this for a couple of months. It's a nice idea though and I'd give it 5 stars if it worked flawlessly on workspaces.
by Richard O'Neill, 2024-04-16

It does what it claims! No more tab clutter -- no more duplicate tabs. Very happy.
by Arun Soni, 2024-02-17
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Extension safety

Risk impact

prune may not be safe to use and it requires some risky permissions. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing.

Risk likelihood

prune has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.

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