↳ Close tabs. Search smart. Reclaim your browser.
ATO is a side panel Chrome Extension that gives you superpowers for managing tabs. Whether you’re deep into research, coding, or just riding the chaos of curiosity, ATO helps you find, close, suspend, and understand your tab landscape in real time.
No more getting lost in 38 open tabs. Stay focused. Stay fast. Stay in flow.
| Feature | Description |
|---|---|
| 🧠 Full Tab Overview | Instantly view and interact with all open tabs across all windows. |
| 🔍 Fuzzy Search (Title + URL) | Lightning-fast filtering using Fuse.js with weighted relevance. |
| ❌ Close Tabs Easily | One-click close for individual tabs or entire filtered sets. |
| 🧠 Detect Duplicates | Real-time detection of duplicate URLs with a "Close All Duplicates" button. |
| 📊 Stats Bar | Glanceable count of open tabs, duplicates, and more coming. |
| 🎯 Active Tab Highlighting | Always know which tab you’re currently on — visually distinct. |
| ⚙️ Real-Time Updates | Tabs update live with Chrome events — no refresh required. |
| 🖱 Compact UI | Clean, efficient layout that feels native inside the side panel. |
Coming soon:
- 💤 Suspend tabs with
chrome.tabs.discard() - ⭐ Temporary favorites for session bookmarks
- 🎹 Keyboard nav (arrow keys, enter, escape)
- 🌗 Compact / detailed view toggle
- Clone this repo:
git clone https://github.com/yourusername/ato-extension.git
- Open chrome://extensions in your browser.
- Enable Developer Mode (top-right).
- Click Load Unpacked, then select the ato-extension folder.
- Click the ATO icon or use Cmd+U / Ctrl+U to open the side panel.
┌────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ 🔍 Search input │ ← filters tab list in real time
├────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ 📊 Stats bar │ ← real-time tab insights
│ Tabs: 32 | Duplicates: 5 │
├────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ [🗑 Close Duplicates] │ ← quick global action
├────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ ▸ Tab Item (favicon + title + url + ❌) │
│ ▸ Tab Item │ ← clickable, highlightable rows
│ ... │
└────────────────────────────────────────────┘
- Full tab listing (all windows)
- Fuzzy search (title + URL, via Fuse.js)
- Close tab (with icon)
- Duplicate detection (by URL)
- "Close all duplicates" button
- Stats bar
- Highlight active tab
- Hover feedback
- Clean file split (hooks, components, icons)
- Real-time updates with Chrome tab events
Coming soon:
- 💤 Suspend tabs (one or all)
- ⭐ Mark temporary favorites
- Group tabs by window or tab group
- Keyboard shortcuts inside the panel
- Undo batch actions
- Export tab list (Markdown, JSON)
- Manifest V3 — background service worker, side panel support
- Vite + React 18 — blazing fast dev experience
- Vanilla CSS — intentionally Tailwind-free for simplicity
- Fuse.js — for fuzzy searching with custom weighting
- MVCS structure — modular components and hooks
- Save tab sessions
- Export tabs to Markdown or JSON
- Smart cleanup suggestions
- Daily tab stats ("How many tabs today?")
- Drag-and-drop tab reordering (UI)
- Tab group awareness
Jean Lucas — Developer, tab-overloader turned tab-organizer ChatGPT — Co-designer, co-developer, co-problem-solver
ATO is a side project made with focus, curiosity, and a desire to make browsing feel better again.
Because 37 open tabs is not a problem — it's a power move.