Tab Hoarder Rescue
Sweeps up the ninety tabs you'll never read and files them somewhere findable.
What you're making
You have too many tabs open and you know it. This watches which ones you haven't touched in days, quietly closes them, and saves them into a searchable list you can actually find things in later. Nothing is lost — it just stops your browser looking like a disaster. It also tells you how much memory you got back, which is oddly satisfying.
A browser extension that tracks tab activity, archives stale tabs into searchable storage, and restores them on demand. The design problem is trust: close something a person still wanted and they uninstall you immediately.
Hosting · Free forever
Deploys free on Firefox Add-ons or GitHub Releases.
Firefox's store is free. Chrome's charges a one-off developer fee, so ship Firefox first if you'd rather pay nothing.
Free on Firefox Add-ons; Chrome's store charges a one-off developer fee.
Core features · 7
- Tracks when each tab was last actually used
- Archives tabs untouched for a configurable period
- Archived tabs are searchable by title and address
- Restore any tab, or a whole day's worth, in one click
- Never touches pinned tabs or anything playing audio
- Shows how much memory the sweep freed
- Warns before the first sweep so nothing surprises you
The interesting part
- Deciding what 'stale' means — a reference tab left open for a week is still wanted
- Storage limits, since an archive grows without bound if you never prune it
- Restoring a tab's scroll position and form state, which the browser does not hand you
Once it works
- Group archived tabs by topic automatically
- Add a rule for sites that should never be swept
- Export the archive as a bookmark file