PermaTab Firefox

PermaTab

PermaTab helps Pinned Tabs become more useful by (1) Re-opening your pinned tabs when you open your browser (2) Re-opening pinned tabs immediately when you close them and (3) Deduplicating pinned tabs with the same URL.

Features & Capabilities

Have you ever wanted a tab to be 'always open' in your web browser? For me, I need my calendar, to-do list, and company chat app open all of the time. The browser's built in method to do this is 'Pinned Tabs'. However, I've found pinned tabs to be insufficient in some areas. This extension fixes that.

  • When your browser closes, or crashes unexpectedly, sometimes, your pinned tabs aren't saved. While we can't do anything about the 'state' stored in those pages, this extension will remember those URLs and re-open them next time you start your browser.
  • If you've used pinned tabs before, you'll note it's pretty easy to close them accidentally, as part of your regular browsing habits (either by right clicking and closing, or by using the hotkey to close a tab). When you do that, this extension will re-open the page in a new pinned tab.
  • As a consequence of the features above, when your browser restores a previous session, it's possible to get duplicate pinned tabs. This is solved by eliminating pinned tabs that have a matching URL when a new pinned tab is opened. Currently, there isn't a setting to turn this off. Let me know if you guys would like one.
Privacy is to be respected, so all work done by this extension is performed locally in your web browser.

User Growth & Download Statistics

Manifest V2 Add-on
By:
Michael E Pope
Daily users:
52 -3
Rating:
4.20
(5)
Version:
0.1.2 Last updated: 2019-10-15
Version code:
4880513
Creation date:
2019-10-14
Risk:
Moderate risk impact Low risk likelihood
Permissions:
Size:
42.39KB
Full description:
See detailed description
Source:
Firefox Add-ons Store
Data ingested on:
2026-06-15
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Contact the developer

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Developed by:
Michael E Pope
Firefox Add-ons Store
https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/permatab/

User Reviews

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Is PermaTab Safe?

Risk impact
Risk impact measures the level of extra permissions an extension has access to. A low risk impact extension cannot do much harms, whereas a high risk impact extension can do a lot of damage like stealing your password, bypassing your security settings, and accessing your personal data. High risk impact extensions are not necessarily malicious. However, if they do turn malicious, they can be very harmful.

PermaTab requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details
  • Critical Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
Risk likelihood
Risk likelihood measures the probability that a Firefox add-on may turn malicious. This is determined by the publisher and the Firefox add-on reputation on Firefox Add-ons Store, the amount of time the Firefox add-on has been around, and other signals about the Firefox add-on. Our algorithms are not perfect, and are subject to change as we discover new ways to detect malicious extensions. We recommend that you always exercise caution when installing a Firefox add-on.

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

Risk likelihood analysis details
  • High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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