# Visual Tabs

> Shows tabs as thumbnails in sidebar.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/visualtab?hl=fr](https://chrome-stats.com/d/visualtab?hl=fr)

## Overview

- **ID:** `visualtab`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Gomita
- **Category:** appearance,tabs
- **Daily users:** 159
- **Weekly downloads:** 5
- **Rating:** 4.83 / 5 (30 ratings)
- **Version:** 0.90
- **Last updated:** 2021-12-01
- **First published:** 2018-04-15
- **Size:** 40 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-09
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/visualtab/)

## Description

Visual Tabs is a Firefox Quantum compatible extension that enhances tab management by displaying all open tabs as thumbnails in a sidebar. This visual approach allows users to quickly identify and switch between tabs without relying solely on text titles, improving browsing efficiency and user experience. It's designed as a lightweight WebExtension, making it easy to install and use within the Firefox browser.

## Rankings

- #9,178 — Overall
- #208 — new tabs

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `tabs`
- `sessions`
- `storage`
- `cookies`
- `contextualIdentities`
- `menus`
- `menus.overrideContext`
- `bookmarks`
- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** High risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** 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 has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/visualtab?hl=fr)