# Tab Workspaces

> Organize your tabs into workspaces. Switch between workspaces to change which tabs are displayed at the moment.

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `tab-workspaces`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Fonso
- **Category:** other,tabs
- **Daily users:** 655
- **Weekly downloads:** 18
- **Rating:** 2.82 / 5 (65 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.2.1resigned1
- **Last updated:** 2024-04-25
- **First published:** 2017-09-30
- **Size:** 32 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-07
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/tab-workspaces/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/fonse/tab-workspaces/issues](https://github.com/fonse/tab-workspaces/issues)

## Description

Tab Workspaces is a powerful Chrome extension designed to help you organize your browsing tabs into distinct workspaces. Each tab belongs to a workspace, allowing you to switch between sets of tabs easily and keep your browsing environment clutter-free. New tabs automatically belong to the current workspace, and pinned tabs remain visible across all workspaces.

Key features include workspace switching from the toolbar icon, sending tabs between workspaces via right-click, keyboard shortcuts for quick navigation, and an address bar search to find and switch to tabs within your workspaces. This extension provides a practical alternative to Firefox's discontinued Tab Groups, inspired by Multi-Account Containers, and includes a beautifully designed user interface. Note that due to API limitations, switching workspaces closes and reopens tabs, which can affect tab history and active processes.

## Rankings

- #4,259 — Overall
- #29 — moment
- #29 — work
- #59 — organization
- #64 — tab
- #71 — tabellenkalkulation

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `cookies`
- `menus`
- `storage`
- `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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## Review summary

Users like that Tab Workspaces provides simple workspace-based tab organization (useful for focus and emulating Opera workspaces). Major recurring problems: loss of saved workspaces/tabs, workspaces merging or duplicating tabs when switching, immediate loading of all tabs instead of lazy-loading, and buggy behavior with multiple windows; many report lack of backups and apparent abandonment of the add-on.

### Pros

- Provides workspace-based tab organization (like Opera workspaces)
- Helps separate contexts and focus — useful for organising many tabs
- Simple, user-friendly functionality and UI — several users said it does what they wanted

### Cons

- Saved workspaces or tabs can disappear (after restart, update, closing) — data loss reported by multiple users
- Workspaces get mixed, duplicated or merged when switching (tabs from one workspace get added to another)
- Loads every tab in a workspace immediately instead of lazy-loading, causing reloads and slow startup
- Bugs around multiple windows and closing behavior (can close Firefox or delete workspaces); no built-in export/backup and appears unmaintained

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