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Best alternatives to Tab Porter - Export & Restore Chrome Windows (2026)

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

Tab Porter - Export & Restore Chrome Windows today

≈4K users4.5★ from 27 ratingsNot updated for 5+ years2 permissions

Tab Porter alternatives, compared

  1. 1

    Export Tabs

    Export all open tabs in the current window to a .txt text file.

    718 users4.3★ from 4 ratings2 permissions
    • About 5.6× fewer users than Tab Porter
    • Listed under Workflow & Planning
  2. 2

    Export Tabs

    Export the URLs of All Open Tabs to Text

    ≈10K users4.5★ from 80 ratingsUpdated 17 months ago2 permissions
    • About 2.5× more users than Tab Porter
    • Updated more recently
    • Listed under Workflow & Planning
  3. 3

    Session Manager Pro - Save & Restore Tabs, Windows and Browsing Sessions

    Save open tabs and windows as named sessions. Restore everything after a restart or crash. Export and import sessions.

    650 users2.9★ from 8 ratingsUpdated in the last day3 permissions
    • About 6.2× fewer users than Tab Porter
    • Updated more recently
    • Asks for more permissions (3 vs 2)
    • Listed under Tools
  4. 4

    Tab Group Exporter

    Export selected Chrome tab groups as HTML, JSON, or CSV, save them to bookmarks, and import them back when needed

    553 usersNot rated yetUpdated 3 weeks ago3 permissions
    • About 7.2× fewer users than Tab Porter
    • Updated more recently
    • Asks for more permissions (3 vs 2)
    • Listed under Workflow & Planning
  5. 5

    Tab Restore

    Tab Restore helps to restore recently closed tabs and window sessions.

    ≈10K users4.2★ from 56 ratingsUpdated 13 months ago2 permissions
    • About 2.5× more users than Tab Porter
    • Rated 0.3 stars lower
    • Updated more recently
    • Listed under Workflow & Planning
  6. 6

    Export Tabs as Text File

    Save all tab URLs with one click and exports to a text file. Import URLs to reopen tabs in normal or incognito mode.

    ≈10K users4.2★ from 23 ratingsUpdated 16 months ago2 permissions
    • About 2.5× more users than Tab Porter
    • Rated 0.3 stars lower
    • Updated more recently
    • Listed under Tools
  7. 7

    Export Tabs URLs

    Save a list of all open tabs into a text file.

    ≈1K users4.5★ from 18 ratingsUpdated 16 months ago4 permissions
    • About 4.0× fewer users than Tab Porter
    • Updated more recently
    • Asks for more permissions (4 vs 2)
    • Listed under Workflow & Planning
  8. 8

    Chrome Limiter - 1 Window, 5 Tabs

    Mission Labs window and tab limiter - limits the maximum number of open chrome windows to 1, and limits tabs to 5.

    ≈1K users1.0★ from 1 ratingUpdated 7 months agoNo special permissions
    • About 4.0× fewer users than Tab Porter
    • Updated more recently
    • Asks for fewer permissions (0 vs 2)
  9. 9

    Tabs/Windows Counter and Stats

    Count the number of open tabs and windows in the browser and display the data in a chart.

    945 users4.3★ from 4 ratingsUpdated 3 weeks ago1 permissions
    • About 4.2× fewer users than Tab Porter
    • Updated more recently
    • Asks for fewer permissions (1 vs 2)
    • Listed under Workflow & Planning
  10. 10

    Merge Windows

    Merge all browser windows into one

    ≈30K users4.6★ from 178 ratingsUpdated 13 months ago2 permissions
    • About 7.5× more users than Tab Porter
    • Updated more recently
    • Listed under Workflow & Planning

Tab Porter alternatives: questions

What is the best alternative to Tab Porter?

By users, the most popular alternative is Merge Windows with ≈30K users and a 4.6-star rating. The closest match by what it does is Export Tabs.

Which Tab Porter alternative has the best rating?

Merge Windows has the highest rating of these alternatives with 50+ ratings: 4.6 out of 5 from 178 ratings.

Is there a Tab Porter alternative that asks for fewer permissions?

Chrome Limiter - 1 Window, 5 Tabs asks for 0 permissions, against 2 for Tab Porter.

How many alternatives to Tab Porter are there?

We list 10 close alternatives to Tab Porter on the Chrome Web Store, picked by what they do and ranked by how close they are.

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