# Sound Tabs

> Plays drum sounds for tab events: switch tab = hit, close = cymbal crash, create = kick.

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `sound-tabs`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Ruyen
- **Category:** other
- **Daily users:** 1
- **Version:** 1.0
- **Last updated:** 2025-10-19
- **First published:** 2025-10-16
- **Size:** 11 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-10
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/sound-tabs/)

## Description

Sound Tabs – Drums for tab bar: Every time you switch tabs, the addon plays a different drum beat. Close tab → “cymbal crash” sound. Open new tab → “kick drum”. Very easy to do, just hook to tabs.onActivated, tabs.onCreated, tabs.onRemoved.

## Rankings

- #122,527 — Overall
- #226 — sound

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `tabs`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate 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/sound-tabs)