Simple Tab Groups

Name: Simple Tab Groups
Rating: 4.0167 (1796 reviews)
Author: Drive4ik

Create, modify, and quickly change tab groups

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Simple Tab Groups is a powerful Chrome extension designed to enhance your browsing experience by allowing you to create, modify, and quickly switch between tab groups. It supports multiple browser windows and instances, enabling seamless navigation as windows jump to the foreground with the selected group.

Key features include a sleek new design with a dark theme and colored group icons, integration with Firefox Multi-Account Containers, support for drag & drop tab management, sorting groups, backup and restore of tabs and groups via JSON files, and customizable group icons. Additionally, it offers keyboard shortcuts for easy group and tab switching, middle-click to close tabs, and notification support for group actions. The extension also supports a sidebar for easier management and can integrate with the Gesturefy extension for enhanced control. With permissions tailored for tab management, storage, notifications, and more, Simple Tab Groups provides a comprehensive and user-friendly tool for organizing your browsing tabs efficiently.

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By:

Drive4ik

Daily users:

86,556 -672

Rating:

4.02

(1,796) 2 new ratings

Version:

5.3.2 Last updated: 2025-04-14

Version code:

5925543

Creation date:

2017-11-13

Risk:

Permissions:

tabs
tabHide
notifications
menus
contextualIdentities
cookies
sessions
downloads
management
webRequest

Size:

834.43KB

Email:

dr*****@protonmail.com

URLs:

Website

Full description:

Source:

Firefox Browser Add-ons

Data ingested on:

2025-07-07

Ranking

# 228 ▲ 1

Other rankings

#4 in Tabs

#8 in Other extensions

#11 in Appearance

#1 in group keyword 16

#1 in grow keyword 10

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User reviews

Users appreciate Simple Tab Groups for its effective and clean tab management, enabling focused work and better organization compared to other browsers. It is considered essential by many and includes backup features. However, multiple users report reliability issues including random loss of tabs or tab groups and find the backup and recovery process confusing. The add-on lacks compatibility with Firefox on Android and has some integration issues with Firefox's native tab groups. Improvements like clearer communication about backups and better dark mode support are also desired.

Pros

Highly effective tab manager that improves tab organization and focus by grouping tabs.
Cleaner and easier to maintain separation of tab groups compared to Chromium-based browsers.
Offers useful tools for better tab organization than other systems encountered.
Backup options are available to restore tabs in case of issues.
Widely appreciated and recommended by users for daily use.

Cons

Unreliable performance reported by multiple users with tabs or tab groups being randomly deleted.
Backup system not clearly communicated, causing confusion about recovery processes.
Does not work properly on Firefox for Android due to tab logic differences.
Incompatibility or issues with Firefox's native tab grouping system, including lack of hiding grouped tabs when switching groups.
Lack of easy dark mode compatibility or simpler activation.

Recent reviews

This is THE tab manager I was looking for in Firefox. It took a bit to adjust and I thought I preferred the tab grouping I've used in chromium based browsers. But this is so much cleaner, easier to organize and reason with, and maintain a solid separation of concerns with tab grouping.

by aa*****, 2025-07-01

by Da*****, 2025-07-01

why is this "recommended" by firefox exactly?

by Fi*****, 2025-06-23

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Extension safety

Risk impact

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Simple Tab Groups requires a lot of 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.
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Risk likelihood

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Simple Tab Groups has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

Risk likelihood analysis details

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