# Simple Tab Groups

> Create, modify, and quickly change tab groups

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/simple-tab-groups](https://chrome-stats.com/d/simple-tab-groups)

## Overview

- **ID:** `simple-tab-groups`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Drive4ik
- **Category:** appearance,other,tabs
- **Daily users:** 65,037
- **Weekly downloads:** 685
- **Rating:** 4.00 / 5 (1,865 ratings)
- **Version:** 5.3.2
- **Last updated:** 2025-04-14
- **First published:** 2017-11-13
- **Size:** 834 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-06
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/simple-tab-groups/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/drive4ik/simple-tab-groups](https://github.com/drive4ik/simple-tab-groups)

## Description

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.

## Rankings

- #282 — Overall
- #8 — Other extensions
- #11 — Tabs
- #18 — Appearance
- #1 — create
- #1 — group

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `tabs`
- `tabHide`
- `notifications`
- `menus`
- `contextualIdentities`
- `cookies`
- `sessions`
- `downloads`
- `management`
- `webRequest`
- `webRequestBlocking`
- `<all_urls>`
- `storage`
- `unlimitedStorage`

### Content script matches

- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Very high risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Very 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 was updated more than 6 months ago. Older versions are more likely to be stable and safe.

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## Review summary

Users praise Simple Tab Groups for organizing large tab collections and providing backups, but many reviews flag serious reliability issues: data loss or tabs disappearing, crashes during backup/restore, and compatibility problems with Firefox updates and native tab groups. Some report lag with many groups and a confusing interface. Overall, it’s useful for power users who back up regularly, but risk of losing work is a recurring concern.

### Pros

- Excellent for organizing hundreds of tabs across multiple groups and containers.
- Backup and restore features help preserve work and recover from Firefox bugs.
- Management interface is easy to use.
- Automatic tab unloading saves RAM and can improve performance.
- Proven reliability over years for many users with large tab inventories.

### Cons

- Data loss: tabs or groups disappear or get reset, causing major disruption.
- Backup/restore can crash the browser or fail to restore the correct state.
- Not compatible with current Firefox versions and built-in tab groups.
- Performance issues when using many groups (lag, slowdowns).
- Confusing/unpredictable UI and inconsistent behavior.

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