Smart Sessions - Tab Manager

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Save & restore your browser sessions. Auto saving, multiple sessions and more.

Latest reviews

• (2025-01-21) David: Been using this for years. Highly recommended for power users with lots of open tabs. One of only two extensions I could not live without. Thanks for creating it!
• (2024-12-04) Ashish Alexander: UI experience is not great.
• (2024-10-01) A A: Needs tab groups. Needs to autosave sessions.
• (2024-09-22) Ilya Dyachenko: That's amazing. Great idea. Kudos to Serge.
• (2024-08-22) *: i expected automatic saving
• (2024-04-20) Ethan Robinson: Really fantastic, especially when paired with grouping tabs.
• (2024-01-14) Zamar Ac: Nice and fast Tab Manager with basic features. Some most requested features are still missing: - drag tabs between saved sessions within Tab Manager for better sorting - organize sessions into topic groups (Session Groups) and open individually, or as a Group of windows - sync sessions list between devices - resize the extension window or add an option to port it to the browser sidebar
• (2023-09-13) Makaruk: дуже зручно
• (2023-06-11) Sergey Master: Почти идеальное расширение для сохранения окон по разным темам.
• (2023-03-02) Hoai Anh Nguyen: you've helped me sooo much with my studying but you've just deleted all my saved tabs...
• (2023-03-02) Hoai Anh Nguyen: you've helped me sooo much with my studying but you've just deleted all my saved tabs...
• (2023-02-12) zerosix: This one works like you are working on a project on a desk and then you clear your desk to take another project for a while, liked it.
• (2023-02-12) zerosix: This one works like you are working on a project on a desk and then you clear your desk to take another project for a while, liked it.
• (2023-01-27) Dmitry Antonenko: The first app that I found which saves tab groups! Thank you very much! That's all I need!
• (2023-01-27) Dmitry Antonenko: The first app that I found which saves tab groups! Thank you very much! That's all I need!
• (2023-01-13) RCPlayzFC: Não funcionou pra mim, infelizmente...
• (2022-12-13) Carl Worthington: UPDATED: With the recent fix, it's back to normal and runs great. Saves so much time and energy switching between projects. ........ I've used this extension for the past 2 years and never had an issue. it helped me so much to be able to switch between Windows/Projects. However since having to re-install it on my new laptop (Windows 11) about 2 weeks ago, the extension doesn't work anymore. Selecting the window brings up an window "An error occurred. Send report?" and that's it. I can't open or use any of my others. I can uninstall it, and re-install.Which works for a while it stops working again eventually. Unsure if it's due to putting the laptop to sleep most times or not. I can't access or use the extension :( feels like I've lost a limb. I hope it can be resolved, or I'll need to look at another extension.
• (2022-12-13) Carl Worthington: UPDATED: With the recent fix, it's back to normal and runs great. Saves so much time and energy switching between projects. ........ I've used this extension for the past 2 years and never had an issue. it helped me so much to be able to switch between Windows/Projects. However since having to re-install it on my new laptop (Windows 11) about 2 weeks ago, the extension doesn't work anymore. Selecting the window brings up an window "An error occurred. Send report?" and that's it. I can't open or use any of my others. I can uninstall it, and re-install.Which works for a while it stops working again eventually. Unsure if it's due to putting the laptop to sleep most times or not. I can't access or use the extension :( feels like I've lost a limb. I hope it can be resolved, or I'll need to look at another extension.
• (2022-11-27) Đorđe Jović: A weird app that I'd recommend skipping. You cannot drag and drop tabs between the windows. You cannot even see other windows... Don't download this if you're working with many browser windows with many open tabs..
• (2022-11-27) Đorđe Jović: A weird app that I'd recommend skipping. You cannot drag and drop tabs between the windows. You cannot even see other windows... Don't download this if you're working with many browser windows with many open tabs..
• (2022-11-11) Bohdan Kolesnykov: First one-two month it've been working fine, but then history deleted, and something else happened causing non-ability to open saved histories - so don't try yourself and move through this extension
• (2022-04-25) Xalomon: Completely useless because when you have many tabs and they're lost (the only reason to have this), the thing will want to load them all at once, filling the memory, crashing the browser, making the system hang, because it's not designed to handle all these tabs at once (compare with Recently Closed where reloading a window with many tabs only loads the active one and there's no problem.) They would appear unloaded for this to work. At least it didn't destroy the Back button pages history of my tabs, for that it gets an extra star...
• (2022-04-25) Xalomon: Completely useless because when you have many tabs and they're lost (the only reason to have this), the thing will want to load them all at once, filling the memory, crashing the browser, making the system hang, because it's not designed to handle all these tabs at once (compare with Recently Closed where reloading a window with many tabs only loads the active one and there's no problem.) They would appear unloaded for this to work. At least it didn't destroy the Back button pages history of my tabs, for that it gets an extra star...
• (2022-04-22) Владимир Макиенко: Good extension! I found only one inconvenience. After a browser launch it automatically opens many tabs from the last session before exiting and this extension doesn't detect that it's this session and display this session as Not saved despite it was saved before. After this I have to open this session from extension to continue work in the session. I would like if you make your extension to automatically detect last closed session after browser launch.
• (2022-04-22) Владимир Макиенко: Good extension! I found only one inconvenience. After a browser launch it automatically opens many tabs from the last session before exiting and this extension doesn't detect that it's this session and display this session as Not saved despite it was saved before. After this I have to open this session from extension to continue work in the session. I would like if you make your extension to automatically detect last closed session after browser launch.
• (2022-01-05) Erick Ramos Aparicio: Es una gran extension pero falta la sincronización entre dispositivos
• (2022-01-05) Demo Sebastian: This is exactly what I need, although it would be good if there is a feature when create a new session, instead of auto open a new windows for all the tabs include in this session, but just close those tabs after save a new session, or at least give us the choice to decide either way Thanks for the good work
• (2022-01-05) Demo Sebastian: This is exactly what I need, although it would be good if there is a feature when create a new session, instead of auto open a new windows for all the tabs include in this session, but just close those tabs after save a new session, or at least give us the choice to decide either way Thanks for the good work
• (2021-11-18) Mini Z: I love it. Saves all my tabs and lets me restore them at the click of a pixel. Went through several other tab savers, but none of them were as good as this one. Definitely install if you're looking for an easy way to save several groups of tabs
• (2021-11-18) Mini Z: I love it. Saves all my tabs and lets me restore them at the click of a pixel. Went through several other tab savers, but none of them were as good as this one. Definitely install if you're looking for an easy way to save several groups of tabs
• (2021-09-26) Hosty: It does something its not suppost to do, and i never told it.. when selecting which tabs to be saved and clicking "Create" (for LATER) , it opens them in a new window!... I would have been using this tool if it wasnt for this... pitty..
• (2021-09-26) Hosty: It does something its not suppost to do, and i never told it.. when selecting which tabs to be saved and clicking "Create" (for LATER) , it opens them in a new window!... I would have been using this tool if it wasnt for this... pitty..
• (2021-04-15) Valeriano Juan Zarzosa Caqui: La mejor extensión una vez que aprendas a utilizarlo y quieras ser productivo, después de probar muchas extensiones por fin alguien entendió las necesidades del usuario organizado y productivo.
• (2021-03-22) José Devezas: Exactly what I was looking for! Simple, yet nicely designed. It only needs better support for opening maximized windows.
• (2021-03-22) José Devezas: Exactly what I was looking for! Simple, yet nicely designed. It only needs better support for opening maximized windows.
• (2021-03-13) Richard Lloyd (K3tonan): By far my favorite Tab/Session tool. I use two others at the moment FreshStart (as I have a bunch of sessions there and it saved to bookmarksfor syncing) and Tab Session Manager. Tab Session Manger was going to be my go to over FreshStart since they added backup to Google and their AutoSave function. However, I still like the idea of saving to bookmarks for users who want to access via a mobile device. I will admit I like how the one in the video works. What happen to the pinning/unpinning of the Smart session window? What happen to clicking New Window and it prompting "Would you like to assign new window to a tracking session? "- Auto backup to your google account", I am not seeing it in the current version.
• (2021-03-13) Richard Lloyd (K3tonan): By far my favorite Tab/Session tool. I use two others at the moment FreshStart (as I have a bunch of sessions there and it saved to bookmarksfor syncing) and Tab Session Manager. Tab Session Manger was going to be my go to over FreshStart since they added backup to Google and their AutoSave function. However, I still like the idea of saving to bookmarks for users who want to access via a mobile device. I will admit I like how the one in the video works. What happen to the pinning/unpinning of the Smart session window? What happen to clicking New Window and it prompting "Would you like to assign new window to a tracking session? "- Auto backup to your google account", I am not seeing it in the current version.
• (2021-02-04) かみかつき: Damm... It will reload all tabs after pause and start. And will lose all groups. Weird design.
• (2021-02-04) かみかつき: Damm... It will reload all tabs after pause and start. And will lose all groups. Weird design.
• (2020-12-25) Herman Brümmer: Hate these pop up messages with notifications every time I close a tab, super unproductive
• (2020-12-25) Herman Brümmer: Hate these pop up messages with notifications every time I close a tab, super unproductive
• (2020-10-27) Gerdami des Bêtes: I really like this extension. It does the job! Just one thing, when I run one or more sessions, I need to press Escape to make the menu disappear. Perhaps it could vanish automatically after a few (configurable) seconds. Many thanks !
• (2020-10-27) Gerdami des Bêtes: I really like this extension. It does the job! Just one thing, when I run one or more sessions, I need to press Escape to make the menu disappear. Perhaps it could vanish automatically after a few (configurable) seconds. Many thanks !
• (2020-10-12) Marc (Xiro): Greetings! So I really hate to drag down the rating on this however, I have to. This extension was acting fine for the longest time. I would have given it a clean five star review like others, but unfortunately I didn't have a good experience. I'm not sure why in the least, but I have been using the extension for a decent period of time and despite quirks here and there I was really getting ahold of the system. It was great, for a time. Now, I accept that I am also to blame for poor backup behaviour and this increased the level of problem that I faced. For some reason unknown to me, just now when opening up the browser again the entire catalogue of organization and arrangement for my tabs vanished in a poof like I'd installed the extension fresh. My blame is there also, because they do offer the option to export these lists presumably in case something like this happened. To be fair though, this is not a typical behaviour. There aren't many people that on closing down their computer to pack it in at night who automatically think that they should backup each tab-grouping I had. Sadly, with this information gone I now have to rebuild the structure as best I can and to try an alternative. There is a problem with the possibility of this happening on any Tab management service that doesn't create its own redundant backups. There is no major issues with the extension and it works entirely fine. I have no idea why it did this to me, but the damage has been caused and it's going to take awhile to load up everything lost from both recreational websites to important medical websites pertaining to my health. This could have been just a simple crossing of stars that aligned just right for the perfect storm, and I accept that it might just have been that. With that said, I am unable to trust the extension to handle my information at this juncture and will be seeking a different "Tab Management Addon" extension and thankfully it's a pretty large market. Assuming you don't get the same problem the extension is actually alright. It has a steep curve and it doesn't handle as well as I would like. There's some improvement to be made, and maybe I will eventually come back to this. But for now? Now it sits at two stars, and I'm sorry for it. I hope you understand my reasoning though, "serge". Be well, stay healthy, and always let both wisdom and compassion guide you on your path.⁽™⁾      Marc S.
• (2020-10-12) Marc (Xiro): Greetings! So I really hate to drag down the rating on this however, I have to. This extension was acting fine for the longest time. I would have given it a clean five star review like others, but unfortunately I didn't have a good experience. I'm not sure why in the least, but I have been using the extension for a decent period of time and despite quirks here and there I was really getting ahold of the system. It was great, for a time. Now, I accept that I am also to blame for poor backup behaviour and this increased the level of problem that I faced. For some reason unknown to me, just now when opening up the browser again the entire catalogue of organization and arrangement for my tabs vanished in a poof like I'd installed the extension fresh. My blame is there also, because they do offer the option to export these lists presumably in case something like this happened. To be fair though, this is not a typical behaviour. There aren't many people that on closing down their computer to pack it in at night who automatically think that they should backup each tab-grouping I had. Sadly, with this information gone I now have to rebuild the structure as best I can and to try an alternative. There is a problem with the possibility of this happening on any Tab management service that doesn't create its own redundant backups. There is no major issues with the extension and it works entirely fine. I have no idea why it did this to me, but the damage has been caused and it's going to take awhile to load up everything lost from both recreational websites to important medical websites pertaining to my health. This could have been just a simple crossing of stars that aligned just right for the perfect storm, and I accept that it might just have been that. With that said, I am unable to trust the extension to handle my information at this juncture and will be seeking a different "Tab Management Addon" extension and thankfully it's a pretty large market. Assuming you don't get the same problem the extension is actually alright. It has a steep curve and it doesn't handle as well as I would like. There's some improvement to be made, and maybe I will eventually come back to this. But for now? Now it sits at two stars, and I'm sorry for it. I hope you understand my reasoning though, "serge". Be well, stay healthy, and always let both wisdom and compassion guide you on your path.⁽™⁾      Marc S.
• (2020-09-13) Polar Torsen: Так-то, вообще, хорошая штука, и уже было хотел зайти выразить восторг, но прочитал комент Игоря Зинченко, попробовал Session Buddy, и понял, что вот, где восторг. При любви к замусориванию сессии огромным кол-вом табов - это просто лучший вариант. Потому что, если в Smart Sessions список выводится в небольшом окошке, то в Session Buddy это такой солидный широкий список в отдельном окне, который удобно читать. Таким образом проще разобраться, что там за вкладка, не открывая её. Получается, как отдельные папочки с букмарками, только в очень удобном для обозрения виде. Жаль, что так сложно найти нужное расширение. Сперва печатал в хроме backup tabs, и там такая мутотень выпала, что приходилось всё бэкапить копируя файл на диске, который с трудом удалось отыскать. Оказывается есть современные решения. Пользуйтесь.
• (2020-09-12) Dan: I like it. Does its job, but lacks a couple things: 1. Ability to disable the annoying "a window was closed" popup; 2a. Ability to turn multi-instance off (i.e. alternate between sessions, opening a window with the selected session and closing the previous one - preferrably keeping the underlying sessions' storage and cookies active, so we don't have to log back into everything); 2b. Or we could just have another button: "open this session" and "alternate to this session" (closes the current one); 3. It's also sometimes hard to tell which session is currently active. I don't know how this could be solved, though. Maybe changing the background slightly or adding a little badge, not sure. Other than that, it's a great and functional extension.
• (2020-09-12) Dan: I like it. Does its job, but lacks a couple things: 1. Ability to disable the annoying "a window was closed" popup; 2a. Ability to turn multi-instance off (i.e. alternate between sessions, opening a window with the selected session and closing the previous one - preferrably keeping the underlying sessions' storage and cookies active, so we don't have to log back into everything); 2b. Or we could just have another button: "open this session" and "alternate to this session" (closes the current one); 3. It's also sometimes hard to tell which session is currently active. I don't know how this could be solved, though. Maybe changing the background slightly or adding a little badge, not sure. Other than that, it's a great and functional extension.
• (2020-08-02) Dennis Bareis: Seems too hard to use. It closed a window which had some saved tabs but it closed all tabs not just those that had been saved. so far "session buddy" is the closest to what I want.
• (2020-08-02) Dennis Bareis: Seems too hard to use. It closed a window which had some saved tabs but it closed all tabs not just those that had been saved. so far "session buddy" is the closest to what I want.