# Sidebar Tabs

> Emulate tabs in sidebar and display tabs vertically. In addition, group tabs and collapse / expand them.

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `sidebartabs`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Removed
- **Publisher:** asamuzaK
- **Daily users:** 595
- **Weekly downloads:** 16
- **Rating:** 4.44 / 5 (36 ratings)
- **Version:** 16.0.5
- **Last updated:** 2025-08-12
- **First published:** 2017-07-26
- **Size:** 495 KB
- **Data as of:** 2025-11-01
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/sidebartabs/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/asamuzaK/sidebarTabs/issues](https://github.com/asamuzaK/sidebarTabs/issues)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/sidebartabs/privacy/](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/sidebartabs/privacy/)

## Description

Sidebar Tabs is a Chrome extension that transforms your browsing experience by displaying tabs vertically in a convenient sidebar. This layout allows for better visibility and organization of your open tabs.

Key features include the ability to group selected tabs for organized browsing. You can collapse or expand groups to manage tab clusters efficiently. The extension supports intuitive actions like shift-click or ctrl-click to select multiple tabs, which can then be dragged or grouped via context menu options. Additionally, you can customize group labels and easily ungroup tabs as needed. To enhance icon colors to match your browser theme, enabling an experimental browser setting is recommended. Explore more or contribute to the project via the official GitHub repository linked in the extension details.

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `activeTab`
- `bookmarks`
- `contextualIdentities`
- `cookies`
- `management`
- `menus`
- `menus.overrideContext`
- `search`
- `sessions`
- `storage`
- `tabs`
- `theme`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** High 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 is not longer available in the store

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## Review summary

### Pros

- Excellent tab grouping features
- Simple and effective interface
- Good performance with many tabs open
- Active development and prompt feedback from the developer
- Visually appealing and customizable themes

### Cons

- Lacks drag-and-drop functionality for multiple tabs
- Limited keyboard shortcuts
- Does not remember all groups after closing sidebar
- Scrolling issues when opening new tabs
- No automatic grouping by domain or collapsing all groups functionality

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