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Best alternatives to Borderless Window (2026)

9 Chrome extensions that do a similar job to Borderless Window, closest first. Each shows real store users, its rating, how recently it was updated and how many permissions it asks for.

Borderless Window today

≈10K users4.9★ from 42 ratingsUpdated 5 months ago5 permissions

Borderless Window alternatives, compared

  1. 1

    Tab To Popup Window

    Quickly convert any tab into a standalone popup window. Supports batch conversion and shortcut customization.

    ≈9K users4.6★ from 19 ratingsUpdated 6 months ago1 permissions
    • A similar number of users to Borderless Window
    • Asks for fewer permissions (1 vs 5)
    • Listed under Tools
  2. 2

    Popup window

    Move tab to standalone window, without tabs bar, navigation bar and bookmark bar UI.

    ≈10K users4.8★ from 20 ratingsNot updated for 2+ years3 permissions
    • A similar number of users to Borderless Window
    • Updated less recently
    • Asks for fewer permissions (3 vs 5)
  3. 3

    Open in Popup Window

    Open any links and images in a popup window

    ≈4K users4.7★ from 11 ratingsUpdated 2 weeks ago3 permissions
    • About 2.5× fewer users than Borderless Window
    • Updated more recently
    • Asks for fewer permissions (3 vs 5)
    • Listed under Functionality & UI
  4. 4

    Open as Popup V3

    Open the current tab or any link as a popup window.

    ≈1K users4.0★ from 2 ratingsUpdated 13 months ago6 permissions
    • About 10× fewer users than Borderless Window
    • Updated less recently
    • Asks for more permissions (6 vs 5)
    • Listed under Tools
  5. 5

    New Tab, New Window

    Open every new tab in a new window.

    ≈20K users4.0★ from 137 ratingsUpdated 16 months ago1 permissions
    • About 2.0× more users than Borderless Window
    • Rated 1.0 stars lower
    • Updated less recently
    • Asks for fewer permissions (1 vs 5)
  6. 6

    Window Resizer

    Resize browser windows to exact pixel dimensions. Multi-window support, custom presets, and an optional match-inner-height mode.

    ≈5K users4.0★ from 8 ratingsUpdated 3 months ago3 permissions
    • About 2.0× fewer users than Borderless Window
    • Updated more recently
    • Asks for fewer permissions (3 vs 5)
    • Listed under Developer Tools
  7. 7

    Open-as-Popup (v3)

    Open the current tab as a popup window, spiritual successor to Open-as-Popup by ht0.dev

    ≈3K users5.0★ from 11 ratings3 permissions
    • About 3.3× fewer users than Borderless Window
    • Asks for fewer permissions (3 vs 5)
    • Listed under Functionality & UI
  8. 8

    Smallify

    This extension enables you to open current tab in a small popup window.

    ≈1K users4.8★ from 4 ratingsUpdated 23 months ago2 permissions
    • About 10× fewer users than Borderless Window
    • Updated less recently
    • Asks for fewer permissions (2 vs 5)
    • Listed under Accessibility
  9. 9

    Single Window (open links in active window)

    Do not allow popup windows. Open all links in the current window

    ≈10K users3.6★ from 23 ratingsUpdated 5 months ago2 permissions
    • A similar number of users to Borderless Window
    • Rated 1.3 stars lower
    • Asks for fewer permissions (2 vs 5)

Borderless Window alternatives: questions

What is the best alternative to Borderless Window?

By users, the most popular alternative is New Tab, New Window with ≈20K users and a 4.0-star rating. The closest match by what it does is Tab To Popup Window.

Which Borderless Window alternative has the best rating?

New Tab, New Window has the highest rating of these alternatives with 50+ ratings: 4.0 out of 5 from 137 ratings.

Is there a Borderless Window alternative that asks for fewer permissions?

Tab To Popup Window asks for 1 permissions, against 5 for Borderless Window.

How many alternatives to Borderless Window are there?

We list 9 close alternatives to Borderless Window on the Chrome Web Store, picked by what they do and ranked by how close they are.

Users and ratings are the figures shown on the Chrome Web Store, re-checked continuously. Alternatives are matched on name, description, category and topic. Browse best-of lists by niche.