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Tab Session Manager

Shares rank 62 of 70 browser extensions by recommenders

People recommend it for saving browser tabs into sessions that can be restored later, with automatic saving at set intervals.

People recommend it for saving browser tabs into sessions that can be restored later, with automatic saving at set intervals.

5 people gave an opinion

recommend it
5
criticize it
0
approval share
100%
Each figure is one person. RecommendsCriticizes

Recommended in 2 of 13 months

  1. November 2025: not recommended
  2. December 2025: not recommended
  3. January 2026: not recommended
  4. February 2026: not recommended
  5. March 2026: not recommended
  6. April 2026: not recommended
  7. May 2026: not recommended
  8. June 2026: recommended
  9. July 2026: not recommended
  10. August 2026: not recommended
  11. September 2026: not recommended
  12. October 2026: recommended
  13. November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)

Why it doesn’t carry the badge

  • 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
  • Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
  • Recommended in 2 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.

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What people say about it

The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.

Why people recommend it

Each mark is one comment

  • Saves tabs to restorable groups

    “allows you to dump tabs to groups for restoration later, with auto-save at regular intervals. Works quite well!”

    Comment from 10 Jun 2026 in “Google Chrome is killing all uBlock Origin bypasses, Edge, Opera to follow”
  • Auto-saves at regular intervals

    “allows you to dump tabs to groups for restoration later, with auto-save at regular intervals. Works quite well!”

    Comment from 10 Jun 2026 in “Google Chrome is killing all uBlock Origin bypasses, Edge, Opera to follow”
  • Close large windows without losing tabs

    “knowing you can just close a window with 50+ tabs and not loose anything is super cool”

    Comment from 26 Oct 2026 in “Overgrown, when plants invade your abandoned tabs”
  • Tag and search saved sessions

    “lets you tag and search your saved window/tab sessions and annotates them with a date”

    Comment from 26 Oct 2026 in “Overgrown, when plants invade your abandoned tabs”

Other browser extensions people recommend

The four most recommended other browser extensions, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.

Tab Session Manager compared with 4 alternatives
ProductRecommendCriticizeApprovalMonthsOwnedBadge
SponsorBlock137497%13—Approved
Firefox Multi-Account Containers761385%107.5 yrs3 ownersApproved
NoScript611185%1210 yrs4 ownersApproved
Claude in Chrome534256%9——
Tab Session ManagerThis page50100%2——
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What people said

3 of the 5 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.

“knowing you can just close a window with 50+ tabs and not loose anything is super cool”

RecommendsComment from 26 Oct 2026 in “Overgrown, when plants invade your abandoned tabs”

“lets you tag and search your saved window/tab sessions and annotates them with a date”

RecommendsComment from 26 Oct 2026 in “Overgrown, when plants invade your abandoned tabs”

“allows you to dump tabs to groups for restoration later, with auto-save at regular intervals. Works quite well!”

RecommendsComment from 10 Jun 2026 in “Google Chrome is killing all uBlock Origin bypasses, Edge, Opera to follow”

Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.