Tab Mute Controller

About

Tired of hunting through 20+ tabs to find the one blasting audio? Tab Mute Controller puts you in charge — instantly.

🔇 WHAT IT DOES

- Shows a live badge on the toolbar icon with the count of tabs currently playing audio
- One-click popup lists every audible tab with its favicon, title, and domain
- Mute or unmute any tab without switching to it
- Play or pause media directly from the popup
- Mute All playing tabs in one click (great for meetings and presentations)
- Unmute All with one click when you're ready
- Auto-mute rules — add domains that should always be muted when opened (e.g. twitter.com, youtube.com)

🎯 HOW TO USE

1. Click the Tab Mute Controller icon in your toolbar
2. See all tabs producing audio listed instantly
3. Click the mute button (🔊) to silence a specific tab
4. Click the pause button (⏸) to pause media on a tab
5. Click any tab row to jump to that tab
6. Use "Mute All" to silence everything at once
7. Open ⚙ Auto-mute rules to set domains that mute automatically

⚡ LIGHTWEIGHT & PRIVATE

- No background data collection
- No external servers or analytics
- Uses only the permissions it needs: Tabs, Storage, Scripting
- Open source

Perfect for: remote workers, researchers, students, power users, anyone who keeps many tabs open.