Tab Shelf - Side panel vertical tabs

Vertical tab management from your side panel with support for tab groups, multiple windows, and much more.

Tab Shelf - Vertical Tab Manager for Chrome

Tab Shelf - Side panel vertical tabs is a versatile Chrome extension designed for efficient tab management. It allows users to view and organize tabs in a colorful, customizable vertical layout from the side panel, enhancing productivity and navigation. Features include automatic tab grouping, memory-saving options, seamless syncing across devices, and user-friendly themes. With support for multiple languages and an emphasis on privacy, Tab Shelf transforms how you manage and interact with your browser tabs.
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Extension stats

Users: 4,000+
Rating: 4.30
(37)
Version: 2024.5.0 (Last updated: 2024-11-27)
Creation date: 2023-06-13
Risk impact: Moderate risk impact
Risk likelihood:
Manifest version: 3
Permissions:
  • storage
  • tabs
  • tabGroups
  • sidePanel
  • favicon
  • commands
  • bookmarks
Size: 3.76M

Other platforms

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3.42 (198) 25,013+
Not available on Firefox
Tab Shelf - Side panel vertical tabs (v2024.5.0)
5.00 (2) 454
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Extension summary

Tab Shelf is a minimal, yet versatile, vertical tab manager for Chrome.

🤔 WHY VERTICAL TABS?

Whether you're frantically doing research for a paper, queuing up articles to read, or you just love hoarding tabs, tab management can be a pain. Having all your tabs squeezed at the top of your window makes it hard to remember what tabs you have and to quickly navigate between them.

Being able to persistently view all your tabs in a convenient, colorful, and customizable vertical view takes that headache away!

⭐️ FEATURES

  • View and manage your tabs conveniently from the side panel.
  • Use rules to automatically group tabs from specific websites.
  • Choose from amongst 20 colors to differentiate your tab groups.
  • Quickly search or filter your tabs by group, window, or whether they've got audio playing.
  • Sleep your tabs to save memory and energy.
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User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Improves productivity significantly
  • Good functionality for managing multiple tabs
  • Effective sleep function for tabs to enhance performance
  • Allows selection of multiple tabs for actions like closing or sleeping
  • Best design among vertical tab extensions
Cons
  • Lack of support for easy creation of tab groups
  • Failure to remember slept tabs after reopening the window
  • Desire for a popout feature to move the tab manager to a preferred location
  • Issues with permissions in the latest update
  • Not working properly in Opera
Most mentioned
  • Sleep function
  • Productivity enhancement
  • Multiple tab selection functionality
  • Need for customizable or detachable tab manager
  • Issues with tab group management
User reviews
by Sky Long, 2024-11-19

by carlos, 2024-11-14

Useful
by 白开, 2024-10-31
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Tab Shelf - Side panel vertical tabs requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk likelihood

Tab Shelf - Side panel vertical tabs has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.

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