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Best alternatives to Sidebar Tabs — Open Any Website (ChatGPT, Todoist, Notion) in Side Panel (2026)

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

Sidebar Tabs — Open Any Website (ChatGPT, Todoist, Notion) in Side Panel today

≈3K users4.1★ from 21 ratingsUpdated 9 months ago3 permissions

Sidebar Tabs alternatives, compared

  1. 1

    ChatbotsPlace: All-in-One AI Sidebar (ChatGPT, Claude & Gemini)

    Access ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Grok in one sidebar. Chat with multiple top-tier AI models without switching tabs or accounts

    ≈900K users4.8★ from 191 ratingsUpdated 7 days ago2 permissions
    • About 300× more users than Sidebar Tabs
    • Rated 0.7 stars higher
    • Updated more recently
    • Asks for fewer permissions (2 vs 3)
    • Listed under Functionality & UI
  2. 2

    AI Sidebar

    Open ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok, Copilot & More in Sidebar

    ≈10K users3.9★ from 20 ratingsUpdated 5 months ago5 permissions
    • About 3.3× more users than Sidebar Tabs
    • Rated 0.2 stars lower
    • Updated more recently
    • Asks for more permissions (5 vs 3)
    • Listed under Tools
  3. 3

    Sider: Chat with all AI: GPT-5, Claude, DeepSeek, Gemini, Grok

    ChatGPT, DeepSeek, Gemini, Claude, Grok all in one AI sidebar, for AI search, read, and write.

    ≈5M users4.9★ from 115K ratingsUpdated 3 days ago14 permissions
    • About 1667× more users than Sidebar Tabs
    • Rated 0.8 stars higher
    • Updated more recently
    • Asks for more permissions (14 vs 3)
    • Listed under Tools
  4. 4

    AI Sidebar — ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini — FREE & Unlimited

    AI Sidebar & AI Assistant for Chrome. Chat with ChatGPT, Claude & Gemini in one side panel. 100% free, with unlimited usage.

    ≈4K users4.5★ from 25 ratingsUpdated 7 weeks ago7 permissions
    • A similar number of users to Sidebar Tabs
    • Rated 0.4 stars higher
    • Updated more recently
    • Asks for more permissions (7 vs 3)
    • Listed under Tools
  5. 5

    ChatHub - ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude side by side

    Use ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Llama and more chatbots simultaneously

    ≈200K users4.7★ from 1.3K ratingsUpdated 4 days ago5 permissions
    • About 67× more users than Sidebar Tabs
    • Rated 0.6 stars higher
    • Updated more recently
    • Asks for more permissions (5 vs 3)
    • Listed under Tools
  6. 6

    ChatGPT Sidebar Free

    Use ChatGPT in sidebar. Free, no premium features or credits. Use your own ChatGPT account and plan!

    ≈10K usersNot rated yet5 permissions
    • About 3.3× more users than Sidebar Tabs
    • Asks for more permissions (5 vs 3)
  7. 7

    ChatGPT Sidebar by cloudHQ

    ChatGPT sidebar as your AI assistant on any page

    ≈5K users4.5★ from 34 ratingsUpdated 11 months ago13 permissions
    • About 1.7× more users than Sidebar Tabs
    • Rated 0.4 stars higher
    • Asks for more permissions (13 vs 3)
    • Listed under Tools
  8. 8

    Chat with all Top AI:ChatGPT-5、Gemini、Grok4、Claude4.5、Deepseek:AI Sidebar

    ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Grok, Mistral and 40+ models in one AI sidebar for web reading, summarization, translation, and writing.

    ≈1K users5.0★ from 4 ratingsUpdated 12 months ago15 permissions
    • About 3.0× fewer users than Sidebar Tabs
    • Updated less recently
    • Asks for more permissions (15 vs 3)
    • Listed under Tools
  9. 9

    ChatGPT Sidebar for Chrome

    Use ChatGPT in sidebar. You won't need to waste time swiching between ChatGPT and other tabs.

    ≈1K users3.7★ from 3 ratings1 permissions
    • About 3.0× fewer users than Sidebar Tabs
    • Asks for fewer permissions (1 vs 3)
    • Listed under Tools
  10. 10

    HARPA AI: Web Automation with ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok

    Free AI sidebar with ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini & DeepSeek. 100+ commands to automate, monitor prices, summarize & write.

    ≈400K users4.7★ from 3.2K ratingsUpdated 4 months ago13 permissions
    • About 133× more users than Sidebar Tabs
    • Rated 0.6 stars higher
    • Updated more recently
    • Asks for more permissions (13 vs 3)
    • Listed under Tools

Sidebar Tabs alternatives: questions

What is the best alternative to Sidebar Tabs?

By users, the most popular alternative is Sider: Chat with all AI: GPT-5, Claude, DeepSeek, Gemini, Grok with ≈5M users and a 4.9-star rating. The closest match by what it does is ChatbotsPlace: All-in-One AI Sidebar (ChatGPT, Claude & Gemini).

Which Sidebar Tabs alternative has the best rating?

Sider: Chat with all AI: GPT-5, Claude, DeepSeek, Gemini, Grok has the highest rating of these alternatives with 50+ ratings: 4.9 out of 5 from 115K ratings.

Is there a Sidebar Tabs alternative that asks for fewer permissions?

ChatGPT Sidebar for Chrome asks for 1 permissions, against 3 for Sidebar Tabs.

How many alternatives to Sidebar Tabs are there?

We list 10 close alternatives to Sidebar Tabs 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.

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