Keep tabs on your tabs.
Tab Out is a Chrome extension that replaces your new tab page with a dashboard of everything you have open. Tabs are grouped by domain, with homepages (Gmail, X, LinkedIn, etc.) pulled into their own group. Close tabs with a satisfying swoosh + confetti.
No server. No account. No external API calls. Just a Chrome extension.
Note: This version is developed as a personal fork based on the original open-source project by Zara.
Send your coding agent (Claude Code, Codex, etc.) this repo and say "install this":
https://github.com/zarazhangrui/tab-out
The agent will walk you through it. Takes about 1 minute.
- See all your tabs at a glance on a clean grid, grouped by domain
- Homepages group pulls Gmail inbox, X home, YouTube, LinkedIn, GitHub homepages into one card
- Close tabs with style with swoosh sound + confetti burst
- Duplicate detection flags when you have the same page open twice, with one-click cleanup
- Click any tab to jump to it across windows, no new tab opened
- Save for later bookmark tabs to a checklist before closing them
- Open Chrome's built-in new tab page from the footer when you want the original Chrome experience
- Dark theme toggle in the header, with your preference saved locally
- Localhost grouping shows port numbers next to each tab so you can tell your vibe coding projects apart
- Expandable groups show the first 8 tabs with a clickable "+N more"
- 100% local your data never leaves your machine
- Pure Chrome extension no server, no Node.js, no npm, no setup beyond loading the extension
1. Clone the repo
git clone https://github.com/zarazhangrui/tab-out.git2. Load the Chrome extension
- Open Chrome and go to
chrome://extensions - Enable Developer mode (top-right toggle)
- Click Load unpacked
- Navigate to the
extension/folder inside the cloned repo and select it
3. Open a new tab
You'll see Tab Out.
You open a new tab
-> Tab Out shows your open tabs grouped by domain
-> Homepages (Gmail, X, etc.) get their own group at the top
-> Click any tab title to jump to it
-> Close groups you're done with (swoosh + confetti)
-> Save tabs for later before closing them
-> Toggle dark mode or open Chrome's original new tab page when needed
Everything runs inside the Chrome extension. No external server, no API calls, no data sent anywhere. Saved tabs and theme preference are stored in chrome.storage.local.
| What | How |
|---|---|
| Extension | Chrome Manifest V3 |
| Storage | chrome.storage.local |
| Sound | Web Audio API (synthesized, no files) |
| Animations | CSS transitions + JS confetti particles |
MIT
Built by Zara