# Lightning Tab Groups

> Tab group manager for keyboard ninjas. Quickly switch between tab groups using keyboard shortcuts.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/lightning-tab-groups](https://chrome-stats.com/d/lightning-tab-groups)

## Overview

- **ID:** `lightning-tab-groups`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** gchristnsn
- **Category:** tabs
- **Daily users:** 2
- **Rating:** 5.00 / 5 (1 ratings)
- **Version:** 0.1.2
- **Last updated:** 2024-10-17
- **First published:** 2022-12-21
- **Size:** 193 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-09
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/lightning-tab-groups/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/GChristensen/lightning-tab-groups/issues](https://github.com/GChristensen/lightning-tab-groups/issues)

## Description

Lightning Tab Groups is a lightweight Firefox add-on that allows users to efficiently manage and switch between tab groups using keyboard shortcuts. It offers features such as color and emoji mnemonics, closing or reloading tabs within groups, and integration with iShell. Explore detailed add-on features in the online help.

## Rankings

- #61,734 — Overall
- #159 — group

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `<all_urls>`
- `tabs`
- `tabHide`
- `storage`
- `sessions`
- `notifications`
- `clipboardRead`
- `clipboardWrite`
- `webRequest`
- `webRequestBlocking`
- `contextualIdentities`
- `cookies`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** High risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Low risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/lightning-tab-groups)