Tab Brake

Set a tab limit and stay focused. Gently blocks new tabs when you hit the cap, tracks your tab habits over time.

Tame your tabs. Reclaim your focus. Tab Brake puts a gentle speed bump between you and tab overload. Set a personal tab limit — say, 8 — and when you try to open one more, Tab Brake steps in with a friendly reminder to close something first (or override if you really need it). How it works: 1. Install Tab Brake and set your tab limit (default: 8). 2. Browse normally. The badge on the extension icon shows your live tab count. 3. When you hit the limit, new tabs open a "limit reached" page instead of loading. 4. Choose to close an existing tab from the list, or override the limit just this once. Features: - Configurable limit — Set any limit from 1 to 50 tabs. - Live badge — See your tab count at a glance with color-coded warnings (green, yellow, red). - Gentle blocking — A friendly page, not a scary error. Close a tab or override with one click. - Daily stats — See your average tab count, times blocked, and times overridden. - 7-day chart — Visual bar chart of your daily tab usage right in the popup. - Enable/disable — Turn limiting on or off without uninstalling. - 100% local — All data stays on your device. No accounts, no tracking, no servers. Why Tab Brake? Research shows that excessive tab-switching fragments attention and increases cognitive load. Tab Brake helps you practice digital minimalism by making you pause before opening yet another tab. It's not about restriction — it's about intentionality. Privacy: Tab Brake does not collect, transmit, or share any data. Your tab history and settings are stored locally using Chrome's built-in storage. No analytics, no telemetry, no third-party services.