How I Built Tabric: A Chrome Extension to Save & Restore Tab Sessions

I often had 20–30 tabs open across research and work, and I kept losing context when closing windows or switching projects.

So I built Tabric, a Chrome extension that lets you save browser tab sessions with notes and restore them anytime.

What Tabric does

• Save all tabs in the current window as a named session
• Add notes for context
• One-click Quick Save
• Restore sessions anytime in a new window
• Search sessions by name or notes
• Bulk delete sessions
• Export / import sessions as JSON (backup & transfer)
• Light / Dark / Auto theme support

Privacy

Tabric stores sessions and notes locally on your device. It doesn’t upload your browsing data to any server.

Feedback is optional and only sent if a user submits it.

Tech stack

• JavaScript (ES6+)
• React
• Chrome Extension (Manifest V3)
• Chrome APIs (tabs, storage)
• HTML/CSS (UI)

What I learned

This project helped me understand:

• designing a fast UI for frequent actions
• local-first state/storage design
• packaging and publishing updates on the Chrome Web Store
• writing clear privacy/support documentation

Try it

Chrome Web Store: Tabric

If you try it, I’d love feedback on the UX and what features would make it more useful.