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Best alternatives to Keep One Pinned Tab (2026)

10 Chrome extensions that do a similar job to Keep One Pinned Tab, closest first. Each shows real store users, its rating, how recently it was updated and how many permissions it asks for.

Keep One Pinned Tab today

≈3K users4.3★ from 69 ratingsNot updated for 2+ years4 permissions

Keep One Pinned Tab alternatives, compared

  1. 1

    Besser Pinned Tabs

    Protects pinned tabs against unintentional closures and prevents opening a different website inside a pinned tab.

    386 users4.3★ from 15 ratingsUpdated 4 months ago4 permissions
    • About 7.8× fewer users than Keep One Pinned Tab
    • Updated more recently
    • Listed under Functionality & UI
  2. 2

    Save Pinned Tabs

    Save and load groups of pinned tabs with ease! Quickly switch contexts, search saved groups, and boost your productivity 🚀

    409 users4.9★ from 7 ratingsUpdated 13 months ago2 permissions
    • About 7.3× fewer users than Keep One Pinned Tab
    • Updated more recently
    • Asks for fewer permissions (2 vs 4)
  3. 3

    Save Pinned Tabs

    Save, restore, autoload, import, and export named groups of pinned tabs.

    ≈20K users4.3★ from 107 ratingsUpdated 4 weeks ago3 permissions
    • About 6.7× more users than Keep One Pinned Tab
    • Updated more recently
    • Asks for fewer permissions (3 vs 4)
  4. 4

    Keep Logged In

    Keeps all tabs active to prevent timeouts and maintain login sessions

    654 usersNot rated yet7 permissions
    • About 4.6× fewer users than Keep One Pinned Tab
    • Asks for more permissions (7 vs 4)
  5. 5

    Auto Restore Pinned Tabs

    Automatically restore pinned tabs on other windows at browser startup.

    521 users1.0★ from 1 rating1 permissions
    • About 5.8× fewer users than Keep One Pinned Tab
    • Asks for fewer permissions (1 vs 4)
    • Listed under Accessibility
  6. 6

    TabRevive: Keep Tabs Active & Tab Keep Alive

    Keep Chrome tabs active & prevent tab sleeping, timeouts, and inactivity. Tab keep alive for background tabs.

    ≈4K users4.6★ from 9 ratingsUpdated 6 months ago6 permissions
    • A similar number of users to Keep One Pinned Tab
    • Updated more recently
    • Asks for more permissions (6 vs 4)
    • Listed under Tools
  7. 7

    One Tab Only

    Switch to an existing tab when the same URL is opened, instead of keeping a duplicate.

    779 users5.0★ from 2 ratingsUpdated 3 months ago3 permissions
    • About 3.9× fewer users than Keep One Pinned Tab
    • Updated more recently
    • Asks for fewer permissions (3 vs 4)
    • Listed under Tools
  8. 8

    One Tab Only

    This extension makes sure there will be only one tab open for the specified/configured domain URL.

    ≈2K users4.3★ from 6 ratingsNot updated for 3+ years6 permissions
    • About 1.5× fewer users than Keep One Pinned Tab
    • Updated less recently
    • Asks for more permissions (6 vs 4)
    • Listed under Developer Tools
  9. 9

    Close Extra New Tabs

    A Chrome extension to keep only one new open at all times, closing extra ones.

    786 users5.0★ from 1 ratingNot updated for 2+ years1 permissions
    • About 3.8× fewer users than Keep One Pinned Tab
    • Asks for fewer permissions (1 vs 4)
    • Listed under Functionality & UI
  10. 10

    Keep Session Active

    This extension keeps the session active by automatically reloading tabs with user-defined URLs.

    ≈2K users4.3★ from 7 ratingsUpdated 22 months ago3 permissions
    • About 1.5× fewer users than Keep One Pinned Tab
    • Updated more recently
    • Asks for fewer permissions (3 vs 4)
    • Listed under Tools

Keep One Pinned Tab alternatives: questions

What is the best alternative to Keep One Pinned Tab?

By users, the most popular alternative is Save Pinned Tabs with ≈20K users and a 4.3-star rating. The closest match by what it does is Besser Pinned Tabs.

Which Keep One Pinned Tab alternative has the best rating?

Save Pinned Tabs has the highest rating of these alternatives with 50+ ratings: 4.3 out of 5 from 107 ratings.

Is there a Keep One Pinned Tab alternative that asks for fewer permissions?

Auto Restore Pinned Tabs asks for 1 permissions, against 4 for Keep One Pinned Tab.

How many alternatives to Keep One Pinned Tab are there?

We list 10 close alternatives to Keep One Pinned Tab 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.