Sidelane - Tabs and bookmarks by project

About

Sidelane keeps your most-used tabs and links one click away, right in the Chrome side panel.

Stop hunting through 50 open tabs or losing bookmarks in a flat list. Organize your work into Spaces (one per context: Work, Personal, Research…), each with nested folders and direct links, all visible without leaving the page you're reading.

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HOW IT WORKS

• Spaces · top-level containers, one per context, switch in one click
• Nested folders · up to 5 levels deep, drag and drop to reorganize
• Direct links · pin links at the Space level, bookmarks-bar style
• Smart tab reuse · clicking a saved link switches to an already-open tab (even in another Chrome window) instead of opening a duplicate
• Native Chrome Tab Groups · opt-in per folder or per Space, with auto-sync of the group's name and color
• Fuzzy search · find any link by title or URL in milliseconds, scoped to the active Space or across all of them
• Drag and drop from the address bar · drop any URL straight into a folder or a Space, with live visual feedback

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DESIGNED FOR

• Developers juggling several projects (frontend, backend, ops, internal tools)
• Researchers and students collecting sources across topics
• Knowledge workers who never close their tabs and need them organized somewhere

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YOUR DATA STAYS YOURS

Sidelane uses chrome.storage.sync: your data syncs automatically across every Chrome profile signed into your Google account. No server, no analytics, no tracking. Export and import everything as JSON anytime from Settings.

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PRACTICAL DETAILS

• Available in English, French, Spanish (follows your Chrome language)
• Light and dark mode with auto detection
• Compact mode to fit more links on screen
• Keyboard shortcuts cheat-sheet built in
• Free, no account required

Sidelane is built with Manifest V3 and uses only the strictly necessary permissions: sidePanel, tabs, tabGroups, storage, favicon. Nothing more.