Local-first Chrome tab manager

TabWell

Messy tabs become focused groups automatically.

TabWell reads your open tabs on device, recognizes the shape of your work, and turns a crowded browser window into clean groups you can act on.

0 open tabs can become a readable workspace.
0 clear groups replace one long strip.
0 cloud upload required for smart sorting.
chrome://tabwell/local-groups
Before
Roadmap
Design clip
API docs
Article
Inbox
Console
After TabWell
Work12 tabs
AI and Tools9 tabs
Video6 tabs

The core pain

Your browser is not overloaded. It is unstructured.

Most tab managers ask you to clean up manually. TabWell starts by giving every open tab a sensible place, so the next action is obvious.

See the shape of the window Local smart grouping separates work, tools, reading, social, video, shopping, finance, and more.
Act on a whole context Sleep, save, move, sync, or close a group without hunting through individual tabs.
Keep privacy quiet by default Classification runs locally first, using domains, paths, metadata, and multilingual hints.
Work Docs, tickets, mail, dashboards
AI and Tools Assistants, consoles, API references
Video and Media Streaming, creators, background tabs
Reading Articles, research, saved threads

From chaos to control

A calm workflow for people who keep too much open.

Smart grouping is the front door. Once the window has structure, TabWell gives you the tools to preserve focus without losing context.

01

Group what is already open

TabWell clusters tabs by category or by domain, then lets you apply clean names and colors to Chrome's native tab groups.

02

Search across the mess

Find tabs by title or domain, across one window or all windows, and turn search results into a saved working set.

03

Save the context for later

Space keeps browsing history and saved groups, so closing a cluster does not mean losing your trail.

G

Smart grouping

Automatic local categories turn an overloaded strip into a readable workspace.

Z

Tab sleep

Discard inactive tabs in place to recover memory while keeping the session intact.

S

Space

Keep history and saved groups ready for reopening when a project comes back.

W

Work / Play

Switch modes manually or by schedule, with local guardrails for focus time.

Focus without fragility

Make the browser lighter, safer, and easier to return to.

Grouping is the headline. These secondary tools make the sorted window lighter, safer, and easier to return to later.

Work and Play modes Move between deep work and casual browsing without rebuilding your setup each time.
Sleep all tabs Free memory from idle pages while every tab stays exactly where you left it.
NSFW guard in Work mode Block distracting or unsafe sites locally, with a whitelist for exceptions.

A cleaner browser starts with one sort

Give every tab a place before the day gets away from you.

TabWell keeps the browser flexible without letting it become a pile. Open freely, group locally, and come back to the right context faster.

See the core feature