Tab Ahead

Tab Ahead lets you type ahead to quickly find open tabs by title and URL.

As of June 2026, Tab Ahead has 1,000 users and a 4.71/5 rating from 70 reviews in the Workflow & Planning category.

Usersno change0%
1.0K
1,000
Ratingup 0.2 percent+0.2%
4.71
70 reviews
Reviewsdown 1.4 percent1.4%
70
Version
1.6.0
Manifest V3

History

2 snapshots

Tracking since Apr 20, 2026.

1.0K1.0K988.4Apr 20, 2026Jun 10, 2026
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DateUsersRatingReviewsVersion
Apr 20, 20261.0K4.70711.6.0
May 16, 20261.0K4.70711.6.0
Now1.0K4.71701.6.0

Permissions & access

Permissions
tabs
Host access
None declared

Screenshots

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About

This extension helps you to quickly navigate through (the mess of) your currently open tabs by typing parts of their respective page titles or URLs using a fuzzy search (approximate string matching) algorithm.

Aspiring to bring Sublime Text's »Goto Anything...« to your Chrome Tabs.

Keyboard Shortcut:
Alt+T

Options:
You can choose to search through the current window or through all windows. The default setting is searching through the current window.

Privacy:
We do not find you to be all that interesting. Your questionable browsing history should remain between you and the NSA. Tab Ahead functions without any outbound communication. Period.

Keyboard/Hacker-friendly: 
You can leave your mice at home.

Lightweight:
No background processes.

Sponsor/Support:
Support the development of this extension via PayPal https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/janraasch/14,00 or GitHub Sponsors https://github.com/sponsors/janraasch.

Discovered a bug?
Create an issue on GitHub.
https://github.com/janraasch/tab-ahead/issues

Version History:
v1.6.0 - Update extension manifest to v3.
v1.5.0 - Improve fuzzy search.
v1.4.0 - Add dark color scheme for users of dark mode.
v1.3.1 - Maintenance release & initial release for Firefox.
v1.3.0 - Improve fuzzy filter and disable autocomplete on search input.
v1.2.2 - Equal margins for search input field.
v1.2.1 - Even faster popup response times.
v1.2.0 - Speed up drop-down response time.
v1.1.0 - Add option to search through all windows.
v1.0.9 - Match icon colors with popup.
v1.0.8 - New popup-icon. Fix windows focus and closing bugs.
v1.0.7 - Fix bug where popup was not closed after selection.
v1.0.6 - Improve build.
v1.0.5 - Release some more.
v1.0.4 - Release often.
v1.0.3 - Improve UI.
v1.0.2 - Relase early.
v1.0.1 - Add default shortcut & fuzzy search.
v1.0.0 - Initial release.

Technical

Version
1.6.0
Manifest
V3
Size
58.07KiB
Min Chrome
88
Languages
1
Featured
Yes

Metadata

ID
naoajjeoiblmpegfelhkapanmmaaghmi
Developer ID
u31ab97ae071b4b1031afaf90f807f3d0
Developer Email
[email protected]
Created
May 13, 2013
Last Updated (Store)
Jul 19, 2025
Last Scraped
Jun 10, 2026
Website

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