Pure Side Tabs

Tracking since Apr 16, 2026.

Changelog

• Apr 16, 2026
  permissions

  tabs, tabGroups, sidePanel, storage

  tabs, tabGroups, sidePanel, storage, sessions

• Apr 16, 2026
  description

  🪩 Features
  
  • Show tabs and tab groups in a sidebar
  • No data harvesting, ever (source is available for verification)
  • Pop-up menu with most-recently visited tabs
  • Allows easily switching between most-recently used tabs with the keyboard
  • Recent tab view allows for a Ctrl-Tab-like experience.
  • Drag-and-drop tabs and tab groups for arrangement
  
  ⌨️  Usage
  
  1. Install from the Chrome Web Store
  2. Ctrl-B (Command-B on Mac) to show sidebar
  3. Ctrl-E (Command-E on Mac) to show popup menu, arrow keys or j/k to navigate, enter to switch, esc to dismiss
  4. Configure shortcuts to change keyboard mappings (Window > Extensions > Keyboard shortcuts)
  5. Configure settings in extension options
  
  📣 Tips
  
  • You can pin the extension (from the sidebar's title, the Extensions toolbar, or from the extension's details) to make the recent tab popup show faster.
  • You can use the popup menu to easily switch back and forth between two tabs (Ctrl-Tab replacement): show the popup menu (Ctrl/Command-E by default), then press Enter. This will switch back and forth between the two most recently-viewed tabs.
  • Holding Ctrl/Command while collapsing or expanding tab groups will apply the command to all tab groups in the window.

  🪩 Features
  
  • Show tabs and tab groups in a sidebar
  • No data harvesting, ever (source is available for verification)
  • Pop-up menu with most-recently visited tabs
  • Allows easily switching between most-recently used tabs with the keyboard
  • Recent tab view allows for a Ctrl-Tab-like experience.
  • Press / in the popup to search all open and recently closed tabs
  • Drag-and-drop tabs and tab groups for arrangement
  
  ⌨️  Usage
  
  1. Install from the Chrome Web Store
  2. Ctrl-B (Command-B on Mac) to show sidebar
  3. Ctrl-E (Command-E on Mac) to show popup menu, arrow keys or j/k to navigate, enter to switch, esc to dismiss
  4. Configure shortcuts to change keyboard mappings (Window > Extensions > Keyboard shortcuts)
  5. Configure settings in extension options
  
  📣 Tips
  
  • You can pin the extension (from the sidebar's title, the Extensions toolbar, or from the extension's details) to make the recent tab popup show faster.
  • You can use the popup menu to easily switch back and forth between two tabs (Ctrl-Tab replacement): show the popup menu (Ctrl/Command-E by default), then press Enter. This will switch back and forth between the two most recently-viewed tabs.
  • Holding Ctrl/Command while collapsing or expanding tab groups will apply the command to all tab groups in the window.
  • Enable "Always keep tab groups at top" in settings to pin tab groups directly after pinned tabs, with automatic enforcement on new tabs and drag-and-drop.
  
  📋 Changelog
  
  • 1.2.0 - "tab groups always at top" setting, added search to MRU popup, audio icon sidebar, bug where tabs were removed from tab groups
  • 1.1.0 - cmd+click to open/close all tab groups, scroll to newly opened tabs in list
  • 1.0.0 - initial release

Permissions & access

Permissions

tabstabGroupssidePanelstoragesessions

Host access

None declared

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