# 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.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/permatab](https://chrome-stats.com/d/permatab)

## Overview

- **ID:** `permatab`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Michael E Pope
- **Category:** tabs
- **Daily users:** 51
- **Rating:** 4.20 / 5 (5 ratings)
- **Version:** 0.1.2
- **Last updated:** 2019-10-15
- **First published:** 2019-10-14
- **Size:** 42 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-07
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/permatab/)

## Description

PermaTab is a Firefox add-on that helps make pinned tabs more useful. It reopens pinned tabs on browser startup, reopens accidentally closed pinned tabs, and eliminates duplicate pinned tabs with the same URL.

## Rankings

- #15,919 — Overall
- #120 — x data
- #134 — term

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `tabs`
- `storage`
- `sessions`

## Safety

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

### Analysis details

- Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
- 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/permatab)