Features & Capabilities

This extension disables tabbed browsing. Rather than opening new tabs, your browser will open windows wherever possible.

  • Why would you want to disable tabs?

Because I always find it difficult to find the tab I'm looking for. Tabs obscure the browsing experience, and I find it far easier to browse the web when I can see all of my windows at once. Most modern operating systems can arrange windows elegantly and efficiently, making tabs defunct.

  • If you don't like tabs, then just don't use them! You don't need an extension for that

Increasingly, browsers force tabs on you by default. It does not provide an option to default to using windows rather than tabs. This extension overrides that behaviour to open windows instead, to make it seamless for users like myself.

  • Why should I use Tab-less rather than New Tab, New Window?
  1. Tab-less does not require any access to your browsing history at all (most extensions require access to your browsing history or the current page you're viewing).
  2. It's designed to be as light-weight and simplistic as possible.
  3. There's no magic, it just moves tabs to a new window, whenever they're opened (using the default settings for a new window).

All of the code for this extension is open-sourced and can be found online at https://github.com/iainbeeston/tab-less. I'd be happy to receive any feedback, hear about any bugs or accept any pull-requests for new code at that address.

User Growth & Download Statistics

Manifest V2 Add-on
By:
iainbeeston
Daily users:
24
Rating:
5.00
(9)
Version:
0.6.1resigned1 Last updated: 2024-04-26
Version code:
5731948
Creation date:
2018-09-24
Risk:
Very low risk impact Low risk likelihood
Size:
26.03KB
URLs:
Website
Full description:
See detailed description
Source:
Firefox Add-ons Store
Data ingested on:
2026-06-17
Compare stats and ranking:

Other platforms

Chrome
Tab-less (v0.6.0)
1,000 4.72 (50)

Contact the developer

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Developed by:
iainbeeston
Firefox Add-ons Store
https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/tab-less-addon/
Website:
https://github.com/iainbeeston/tab-less/issues

User Reviews

Incredible, synergises perfectly with the Gnome desktop environment.
by vi*****, 2026-02-17

by 敬念*****, 2025-04-20

by 天灭*****, 2025-03-14
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Is Tab-less Safe?

Risk impact
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Tab-less does not require any sensitive permissions.

Risk impact analysis details
  • Low This permission has no access or impact on the user's system or data, thus carrying no risk.
Risk likelihood
Risk likelihood measures the probability that a Firefox add-on may turn malicious. This is determined by the publisher and the Firefox add-on reputation on Firefox Add-ons Store, the amount of time the Firefox add-on has been around, and other signals about the Firefox add-on. Our algorithms are not perfect, and are subject to change as we discover new ways to detect malicious extensions. We recommend that you always exercise caution when installing a Firefox add-on.

Tab-less has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

Risk likelihood analysis details
  • High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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