# Tab Notes

> Open New Tab, and write down every piece of your thought!

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `tab-notes`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Wildsky
- **Category:** other,tabs
- **Daily users:** 437
- **Weekly downloads:** 6
- **Rating:** 4.61 / 5 (33 ratings)
- **Version:** 3.2.0
- **Last updated:** 2022-03-03
- **First published:** 2017-06-24
- **Size:** 122 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-06
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/tab-notes/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/wildskyf/tab-notes](https://github.com/wildskyf/tab-notes)

## Description

**Tab Notes** is a minimalist Chrome extension designed to help you capture your thoughts instantly. Every time you open a new tab, you can write notes immediately without the hassle of managing categories or manually saving your input. The extension is intuitive and user-friendly, emphasizing writing over note management.

Features include automatic saving, support for light and dark themes, and a lightweight architecture that ensures fast and smooth performance. Being open-source, Tab Notes invites contributions and transparency with its source code available on [GitHub](https://github.com/wildskyf/tab-notes). Whether jotting quick reminders or longer notes, Tab Notes simplifies the experience by treating every new tab as your notebook.

## Rankings

- #5,461 — Overall
- #6 — linotes
- #23 — note
- #62 — writing
- #97 — tab
- #100 — tabellenkalkulation

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`
- `unlimitedStorage`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Low risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Low risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Can alter new tab settings; fairly benign but with some capability to affect user experience.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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## Review summary

### Pros

- Simple and easy to use
- Helps keep track of reminders and notes
- Does not require any permissions, perceived as secure
- Works well across different machines after updates
- Minimalistic design

### Cons

- Only allows one note per tab, limiting functionality
- Lacks options to delete notes
- Changed new tabs without asking for permission
- Limited feature set compared to other applications
- Can be a bit barebones for advanced users

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