tab orbit v1.0.0
/// chrome extension · manifest v3 · mit licensed

100 tabs. 9 groups. Zero work.

Tab Orbit auto-groups every Chrome tab into nine color-coded categories. The map updates as you browse. The data never leaves your machine.

Add to Chrome — Free View source on GitHub
100% local 0 telemetry MIT licensed Manifest V3 200+ domains

You stopped closing tabs years ago.

Now you have eighty-seven of them. Some are documentation. Some are draft ideas. Some are concert tickets you forgot you bought. Tab Orbit doesn't ask you to close them. It groups them.

01

Nine categories. Built from your patterns.

Default presets for Developer, Marketer, and Researcher. Override anything. Add your own. The map is JSON.

02

Type any domain. Watch where it lands.

Live classifier. 200+ domains in the default map. Add yours in two clicks.

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03

Your tabs never leave your browser.

No account. No cloud sync. No analytics pixel. No telemetry endpoint. The category map is a JSON file in the extension. Your data lives in chrome.storage.local.

Source code on GitHub. Manifest V3 permissions are tabs, tabGroups, and storage — nothing more. Uninstall takes everything with it.

// manifest.json
{
  "manifest_version": 3,
  "permissions": [
    "tabs",
    "tabGroups",
    "storage"
  ],
  "host_permissions": [],
  "background": {
    "service_worker": "background.js"
  }
}
04

Eight features. None of them ask you to log in.

→ 01

Auto-grouping by domain

Every new tab finds its group within 300ms. Categories collapse and expand around what you actually use right now.

→ 02

Zombie discard

Tabs idle 15+ minutes get suspended. RAM returns. Your work doesn't.

→ 03

Workspace snapshots

Save a tab session by name. Restore the exact groups, in order, anytime.

→ 04

Focus mode

Collapse every group except one. One click.

→ 05

Duplicate close

Find tabs with the same URL. Merge with one button.

→ 06

Custom domains

Drop-down on any ungrouped tab. Assign it. The map remembers.

→ 07

Auto-collapse

Idle groups fold themselves after 30 minutes.

→ 08

Activity drift

Recently-touched groups drift right. Old ones settle left.

05

Questions you'd ask before installing.

Free forever.

No upsell. No premium. No "pro plan." This is a portfolio piece.

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