AnchorTab

Save and restore named tab group profiles for any Chrome window.

AnchorTab lets you save Chrome's tab groups and pinned (anchor) tabs as named profiles and restore them into any window on demand. It is built for people who switch between distinct workspace setups — work, research, personal — and want their groupings, colors, and pinned tabs to come back exactly as left. ■ What it does • Save and restore tab groups Group name, color, collapsed state, and order are preserved and reproduced faithfully in another window. • First-class anchor (pinned) tabs Chrome's native pinned tabs are stored in profiles and recreated as pinned on apply. • Multiple named profiles Create as many profiles as you need — Work, Research, Personal — each tagged Normal or Incognito. Set a default per mode for one-click restore. • JSON export / import Export your full profile set to a JSON file and import it on another machine. Name collisions are resolved per-profile (Overwrite / Suffix / Skip). • Tri-state new-window behavior Choose how AnchorTab reacts when you open a new window: - Auto-open the popup - Show a badge only (profile count on the action icon) - Off • Additive apply with a transparency report Existing tabs in the window are preserved; AnchorTab adds the profile's content alongside them. URLs that cannot be opened (chrome://, etc.) are skipped and reported with their count. • One profile = one active window Prevents accidentally double-applying the same profile across windows. If a profile is already active elsewhere, AnchorTab offers a Focus existing window action. • Bilingual UI English and Japanese are both fully supported, switched by your Chrome language preference. ■ Privacy • No data is collected, transmitted, or sent anywhere. • All profile data lives in chrome.storage.local on your device. • No cloud sync. Cross-device transfer is via JSON export/import only. • Required permissions: tabs, storage, tabGroups. No host permissions. ■ Who it's for • Professionals who switch between work contexts using tab groups • Researchers and writers with reusable link sets per investigation • Anyone who wants to keep a personal tab setup separate from work ■ Limitations • Ungrouped tabs (tabs not in any group) are not stored. By design. • Only URLs are saved per tab. Scroll position, form input, and session state are not preserved. • Browser-internal URLs (chrome://) are skipped on apply. • A profile can be active in only one window at a time.