Tabfolio

Help

Short answers to common questions. Still stuck? Email hello@round6.co.

Getting started

How do I install Tabfolio?

Open the Chrome Web Store listing and choose Add to Chrome. Tabfolio is free and needs no account. To keep its icon in view, open Chrome’s Extensions menu (the puzzle piece) and pin Tabfolio.

How do I open it?

Click the Tabfolio icon in the toolbar, or press ⌘ ⇧ E on a Mac and Ctrl ⇧ E on Windows, Linux and ChromeOS. Tabfolio opens as a full page showing every tab from every Chrome window.

The shortcut doesn’t work.

Chrome skips a suggested shortcut when another extension already uses it. Go to chrome://extensions/shortcuts, find Tabfolio and set Open Tabfolio to any combination you like. Settings in Tabfolio shows the shortcut currently assigned.

Which keys can I use inside Tabfolio?

Press ? to see them all. The ones you’ll use most: / search, H hibernate the selection to a Space, C close the selection, O open it in a new window, G switch between windows and sites, M merge windows.

Spaces

What is a Space?

A named shelf for tabs you’ll come back to. Saving tabs to a Space closes them in Chrome; they wait in Tabfolio, with their previews, until you open them again. Open one tab or the whole Space.

How do I save tabs to a Space?

Select tabs and press H, or hibernate a whole window or site at once. You can also drag cards onto any Space in the sidebar. New Spaces are named after their main sites and the day, like “github.com · Oct 9”. Double-click a Space’s name to rename it.

What does locking a Space do?

A locked Space is a reference shelf. Opening its tabs leaves the entries in place, so it never empties. In an unlocked Space, tabs leave the Space when you open them.

Is there a limit on tabs or Spaces?

No caps. Tabfolio is free, with no paid tier.

What does search look through?

Every open tab and every saved Space, at once. Press / from anywhere in Tabfolio and type. Search matches page titles and site names, and results keep their window or Space so you know where each tab lives. Pick a window or Space in the sidebar to see only that one.

Can I act on all the results?

Yes. Hibernate or close every match in one move.

Duplicates and idle tabs

How does Tabfolio handle duplicate tabs?

Copies of the same page are flagged. One click closes the extras and keeps the active or oldest copy. If you’d rather check first, inspect the duplicates before closing anything. Pinned tabs and saved Spaces are never touched.

What are idle tabs?

Tabs you haven’t visited in a week. They surface on their own so you can close or save them.

Undo and Recovery history

I closed the wrong tabs.

Use Undo in the toast that appears after every close, move and hibernate.

The toast is gone. Can I still get them back?

Probably. Before closing, saving and moving tabs, Tabfolio keeps a safety copy of their addresses and titles on your computer. Open Recovery history from the sidebar and reopen what you need.

You can forget single copies or clear the whole history.

Backups

How do I back up my Spaces?

Settings → Export backup saves your Spaces and preferences as a JSON file. Keep it wherever you keep other files.

How do I restore a backup?

Settings → Import backup. Tabfolio previews what’s in the file, then replaces your current Spaces and preferences with it. Your previous data is kept as a pre-import copy; Restore pre-import data brings it back.

Does uninstalling delete my data?

Yes. Chrome removes extension storage when you uninstall. Export a backup first if you want to keep your Spaces.

Privacy

Do I need an account?

No. There is no Tabfolio account, no analytics and no Tabfolio server. Spaces, preferences and recovery history are stored in Chrome’s local storage on your computer.

Does anything leave my computer?

Yes, to show previews. Tabfolio fetches preview images from the pages in your tabs and from the image hosts those pages point to. When a site’s icon isn’t available, it asks Google’s or DuckDuckGo’s favicon service for it, which reveals the site’s domain. YouTube and Vimeo thumbnails come from their thumbnail providers. These requests don’t include an account or ID. The privacy policy lists every request.

New in v0.14.0

These arrive with Tabfolio v0.14.0. Settings shows which version you have.

Notes on Spaces

Add an optional note to any Space: why you saved it, what’s left to do. Notes are searchable and included in backups.

Archive finished Spaces

Archive a Space to move it out of the way. Archived Spaces sit in a collapsed Archived section of the sidebar and still show up in search.

Revisit dates

Set a “revisit on” date on a Space. When the date arrives, the Space appears in Insights the next time you open Tabfolio. There are no notifications.

“Already saved” badge

Open tabs whose address is already in one of your Spaces show a small Saved badge. Hover it to see which Space has the tab, so you know it’s safe to close.

Share a Space

Copy a Space as a Markdown list, or download it as a self-contained web page. The page doesn’t depend on Tabfolio or any server, so it opens anywhere you send it.

Import from other tab managers

Bring your tabs over from:

Imports add new Spaces next to your existing ones; nothing is replaced. Tabfolio also keeps a pre-import copy of your data in case you change your mind.

Search finds page descriptions

Search also matches the page descriptions Tabfolio already read while fetching preview images. They’re stored locally alongside the preview cache. No extra requests, and no AI.

Search from the address bar

In Chrome’s address bar, type tf, a space, then what you’re looking for. Pick a result to jump to a Space, a saved tab or an open tab.

Save the current tab with a shortcut

Alt ⇧ H (⌥ ⇧ H on a Mac) saves the tab you’re on into the Space you used last and closes it. If you haven’t used a Space yet, it goes to a “Saved for later” Space. The Tabfolio icon shows a check when it’s done. Pinned tabs and browser pages are left alone. Change the keys at chrome://extensions/shortcuts.

Side panel

Browse and open your Spaces, and save the current tab, from Chrome’s side panel without leaving the page you’re on. Open it with the panel button at the bottom of Tabfolio’s sidebar, or pick Tabfolio in Chrome’s side panel menu. Opening a saved tab from the panel keeps it in its Space.

Folder sync

Keep Spaces in step across computers using a folder you already sync, such as Dropbox, iCloud Drive or Syncthing.

There’s no Tabfolio account or server involved. The file goes only where your sync service sends it.