Tab Manager Plus alternative
A Tab Manager Plus alternative for the tabs you want to keep.
Tab Manager Plus helps you find and close open tabs. Tabulka does that too, and then gives the tabs you want to keep a place: lists, folders, and named sessions you can search later.
Why people look for a Tab Manager Plus alternative
- It is built for open tabs. Tab Manager Plus is great for switching between many open tabs, but has little for the tabs you want to come back to later.
- You can't save only the tabs you pick. There is no way to select a few tabs and save just those, and there are no folders to put them in.
- Saved tabs are hard to find. You can't search what you have saved, and window saving is easy to miss.
- Duplicate detection is rough. It matches duplicates by domain, not by full URL, so different pages on the same site get flagged.
Tabulka vs Tab Manager Plus
| Feature | Tabulka | Tab Manager Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Saving & capturing | ||
| Save all open tabs in one click | Has it | Partial or limited |
| Save only the tabs you select | Has it | Not available |
| Save a page or link by right-click | Has it | Not available |
| Auto-capture when a window closes | Has it | Not available |
| Import from Chrome bookmarks | Has it | Not available |
| Organizing | ||
| Separate lists for tasks, reading, and reference | Has it | Not available |
| Named folders and collections | Has it | Not available |
| Nested folders | Has it | Not available |
| Drag-and-drop reordering | Has it | Has it |
| Pin or star items to the top | Not available | Not available |
| Duplicate-link detection | Has it | Partial or limited |
| Finding things | ||
| Search your open tabs | Has it | Has it |
| Search everything you have saved | Has it | Not available |
| One search across open and saved | Has it | Not available |
| Sessions & backup | ||
| Named sessions you can reopen | Has it | Partial or limited |
| Automatic snapshots and history | Has it | Not available |
| Full-fidelity export to a file | Has it | Partial or limited |
| Import from a file | Has it | Has it |
| Cross-device cloud sync | Not available | Not available |
| Privacy & price | ||
| No account required | Has it | Has it |
| Nothing leaves your device | Has it | Has it |
| Free, with no item or plan limits | Has it | Has it |
| Works in browsers beyond Chrome | Not available | Has it |
Notes on the table
- Tab Manager Plus can save and restore a whole window, but the feature is easy to miss and is not a one-click action.
- Its saved windows (a beta feature) can't be named or organised.
- Duplicate detection matches by domain, so distinct pages on one site are flagged as duplicates.
- Its backup covers saved windows only.
What Tabulka does differently
Save exactly what you pick
Select any tabs in the tab drawer and save them to Todo, Read later, or Save for later.
Folders and named sessions
Nest folders inside folders, and save whole windows as named sessions.
One search for everything
The command palette (⌘K) searches your open tabs and everything you have saved at once.
Duplicate-link detection
Tabulka spots links you have already saved, so the same page doesn't pile up in your lists.
When Tab Manager Plus is still the better choice
- You only want a fast way to see, switch, and close tabs across many windows, and never save them.
- You use Firefox or Safari. Tabulka runs only on Chrome and Chromium browsers.
How to switch from Tab Manager Plus
- Install Tabulka from the Chrome Web Store. Your open tabs show up in its tab drawer straight away.
- If you saved windows in Tab Manager Plus, restore them first.
- In Tabulka's tab drawer, select the tabs you want to keep and save them to a list. Or save a whole window as a session.
- Close the rest. They stay findable in Tabulka if you saved them.
Frequently asked questions
Can Tabulka search and switch between open tabs like Tab Manager Plus?
Yes. Tabulka's tab drawer lists every open tab across all your Chrome windows, and you can search them. The command palette (⌘K) searches open tabs and saved items together.
Can I save only some of my tabs?
Yes. Select the tabs you want in Tabulka's tab drawer and save them to Todo, Read later, or Save for later. You can also save a whole window as a named session.
Can I import my Tab Manager Plus data into Tabulka?
Not directly. Tabulka can't read Tab Manager Plus backups. Restore your saved windows, then save the tabs into Tabulka from its tab drawer.
Is Tabulka free and private?
Yes. Tabulka is completely free, needs no account, and keeps all your data on your own device. It has no analytics and makes no network requests.
Try Tabulka. It's free and stays on your device.
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