Besser Pinned Tabs

Name: Besser Pinned Tabs
Rating: 4.54 (13 reviews)
Author: Gérard Kieffer

Protects pinned tabs against unintentional closures and prevents opening a different website inside a pinned tab.

As of June 2026, Besser Pinned Tabs has 480 users and a 4.54/5 rating from 13 reviews in the Functionality & UI category.

Gérard Kieffer Functionality & UI

Chrome Web Store ↗.crx

Users+34.8%

480

Rating0%

4.54

13 reviews

Reviews0%

Version

1.0.9

Manifest V3

History

6 snapshots

Tracking since Apr 1, 2026.

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Date	Users	Rating	Reviews	Version
Apr 1, 2026	356	4.54	13	1.0.9
Apr 19, 2026	348	4.54	13	1.0.9
May 4, 2026	425	4.57	14	1.0.9
May 13, 2026	396	4.57	14	1.0.9
May 25, 2026	449	4.57	14	1.0.9
Jun 6, 2026	502	4.57	14	1.0.9
Now	480	4.54	13	1.0.9

Permissions & access

Permissions: tabswebNavigationstorage
Host access: None declared

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About

- Automatically reopens pinned tabs if they're accidentally closed, whether using keyboard shortcuts or mouse clicks
- When you click a link to a different website in a pinned tab, opens it in a new tab instead of replacing your pinned page
- If you type a new address in a pinned tab's address bar, opens it as a new tab to preserve your pinned page

The extension runs silently in the background with no configuration needed.
Open source and privacy-friendly: No data collection.
GitHub page: https://github.com/RetroYogi/Besser-Pinned-Tabs-Chrome/

Known Limitations:
- The extension does not protect navigation on Chrome's internal pages (chrome://, about:, etc.)
- In some cases, the page inside the pinned tab needs to refresh (the pinned tab is actually reopened because the extension cannot fully prevent it from closing or loading a different page).