Tabwell
Save your tabs.
Keep your groups.
Find them in a second.
Tabwell is a Chrome extension that snapshots your browser sessions, preserves tab groups (names, colors, collapsed state), and indexes them for instant search. Your data never leaves your device.
14-day free trial of Pro on install · no credit card required
Why Tabwell?
Other tab managers are stuck in 2018. Here is the difference.
| Feature | Tabwell | OneTab | Session Buddy |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tab groups (names, colors, state) | Full | No | No |
| 10 000+ tabs without lag | Virtualized list | Slows past 1K | Partial |
| Local-first storage | IndexedDB | Local | Local |
| Built on Manifest V3 | Yes — service worker | Partial | Legacy MV2 |
| Import from competitors | OneTab + Session Buddy | — | — |
| Account required | No | No | No |
Comparison based on public reviews and feature pages (Chrome Web Store, Product Hunt, vendor docs) as of May 2026.
Snapshot in one click
Save the current window — every tab, every group, with names and colors — to local storage. No login, no account.
Search across history
Full-text search over titles and URLs of every snapshot you ever took. Find that PR review from three weeks ago.
Restore exactly
Re-open a snapshot and Tabwell rebuilds the tab groups too — same names, same colors, collapsed where you left them.
Get Tabwell
Free forever. Pro upgrade unlocks unlimited snapshots, search, importers, and faster auto-snapshots.