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sienori/Tab-Session-Manager

WebExtensions for restoring and saving window / tab states

JavaScript

2,470

993 commits

updated Aug 17, 2026

tab-session-manager.sienori.com

See the code

README

Tab-Session-Manager

Save and restore the state of browser windows and tabs. It also supports automatic saving.

Download

for Firefox

for Chrome

for Microsoft Edge

Backers

Thank you to the awesome backers who support Tab Session Manager!

Became a Patreon Check out with PayPal

Sponsors

Support Tab Session Manager by becoming a sponsor. Thank you to our wonderful sponsors!

Toucan

Become a Sponsor

Tools

Session Compressor
A tool for compressing sessions created by Tab Session Manager

Translation

You can contribute by translating Tab Session Manager on Crowdin.

Developing

Required: Node 24.13.0, npm 11.7.0

  1. Clone the repository git clone https://github.com/sienori/Tab-Session-Manager
  2. Create the file src/credentials.js
export const clientId = "xxx"
export const clientSecret = "xxx"
  1. Run npm install
  2. Run npm run watch-dev

Load the extension in Chrome

  1. Open Chrome browser and navigate to chrome://extensions
  2. Select "Developer Mode" and then click "Load unpacked extension..."
  3. From the file browser, choose to tab-session-manager/dev/chrome

Load the extension in Firefox

  1. Open Firefox browser and navigate to about:debugging
  2. Click "Load Temporary Add-on" and from the file browser, choose tab-session-manager/dev/firefox

Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy of Tab Session Manager

chrome-extension
firefox-addon
web-extensions

Project health

Overall

3.4/10

Maintained

8/10

Code review

1/10
OpenSSF Scorecard

Significant stargazers

Christoph Obexer

45 followers · starred Aug 2021

user135711

25 followers · starred Nov 2018

Anthony Miyaguchi

73 followers · starred Feb 2019

jackyzy823

102 followers · starred May 2025

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sienori/Tab-Session-Manager

WebExtensions for restoring and saving window / tab states

JavaScript

2,470

993 commits

updated Aug 17, 2026

tab-session-manager.sienori.com

See the code

README

Tab-Session-Manager

Save and restore the state of browser windows and tabs. It also supports automatic saving.

Download

for Firefox

for Chrome

for Microsoft Edge

Backers

Thank you to the awesome backers who support Tab Session Manager!

Became a Patreon Check out with PayPal

Sponsors

Support Tab Session Manager by becoming a sponsor. Thank you to our wonderful sponsors!

Toucan

Become a Sponsor

Tools

Session Compressor
A tool for compressing sessions created by Tab Session Manager

Translation

You can contribute by translating Tab Session Manager on Crowdin.

Developing

Required: Node 24.13.0, npm 11.7.0

  1. Clone the repository git clone https://github.com/sienori/Tab-Session-Manager
  2. Create the file src/credentials.js
export const clientId = "xxx"
export const clientSecret = "xxx"
  1. Run npm install
  2. Run npm run watch-dev

Load the extension in Chrome

  1. Open Chrome browser and navigate to chrome://extensions
  2. Select "Developer Mode" and then click "Load unpacked extension..."
  3. From the file browser, choose to tab-session-manager/dev/chrome

Load the extension in Firefox

  1. Open Firefox browser and navigate to about:debugging
  2. Click "Load Temporary Add-on" and from the file browser, choose tab-session-manager/dev/firefox

Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy of Tab Session Manager

chrome-extension
firefox-addon
web-extensions

Project health

Overall

3.4/10

Maintained

8/10

Code review

1/10
OpenSSF Scorecard

Significant stargazers

Christoph Obexer

45 followers · starred Aug 2021

user135711

25 followers · starred Nov 2018

Anthony Miyaguchi

73 followers · starred Feb 2019

jackyzy823

102 followers · starred May 2025

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