# Popout

> Popout is simple extension that allows tabs to be opened in a separate minimal window.

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `popoutextension`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Space City Software, L.L.C.
- **Category:** appearance,tabs
- **Daily users:** 287
- **Weekly downloads:** 13
- **Rating:** 3.33 / 5 (3 ratings)
- **Version:** 2.0
- **Last updated:** 2022-03-26
- **First published:** 2022-03-25
- **Size:** 28 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-08
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/popoutextension/)

## Description

Popout is a lightweight Chrome extension designed to enhance your browsing experience by allowing you to open any tab in a separate, minimalistic window. This feature helps reduce clutter within your main browser window, enabling better focus and easier multitasking across multiple windows. With Popout, managing multiple tasks becomes seamless as you can position and organize windows independently without distractions.

This simple yet powerful tool is ideal for users who work with numerous tabs simultaneously and desire a more organized workspace. Popout's minimal window design ensures that only the essential browser elements appear, saving screen space and improving productivity.

## Rankings

- #6,844 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `tabs`

### Content script matches

- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** High 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/popoutextension)