Tabs Outliner

I paid for this extension, because I loved it. Sadly, it's currently broken, and seems unmaintained. When I click on the Tabs Outliner (TO) icon in the toolbar, the window appears empty, apart from the TO icons at the bottom.

tldr; extension is mostly abandoned at this point, but you can recover your saved data in full Unfortunately, it seems like neglect is preventing this extension from being truly the greatest extension. The extension has mostly been coasting for years on being a great tool and hasn't made any serious evolutions since. If it hasn't reached you yet, the more recent chrome updates effectively breaks this extension completely and I have no confidence this will be fixed. Apparently in my case, slowly features (such as local backups and Google drive backups) have been failing. Last drive backup goes back a year, local backup ~6 months... so it seems all is lost and the UI still doesn't load up. Looking at the extension code, it looks like it was refactored for manifest v3, but it's unclear to me how the update broke it. I'd suggest looking for other ways to manage your tabs from now on. With that said, if you are a current user and need to recover your tabs, the backups are a good start, but depending on when it broke for you, it might not be current. You can however recover the tree state as json and you can pick through that. Fortunately it will be in local storage under the key: onViewClose_lastSessionSnapshot 1. Open the extension (it will be blank) 2. Press F12 to open devtools 3. In the console tab, make sure the context (the dropdown on the top left) is set to "top" 4. Enter the command: console.log(localStorage.getItem('onViewClose_lastSessionSnapshot')) This will dump the json (which should be significantly large) to the console which you can copy to file and recover your data.

It has a very good data model even though the UI looks clunky. If the developer teams with a UI designer and a good growth lead, this can be turned into a significant product with a ton of revenue I am sure. Only request to the developer for now is to keep it updated as chrome changes versions and code standards.

I've used Tabs Outliner every day for years. It's a fantastic way to save tabs across time & multiple devices. I use it to save state on the many different projects I'm working on at the same time. It breaks at least once a year, and the developer doesn't do a great job of communicating issues or helping folks fix things. But, I've always found a way to fix it, so if you're somewhat technical you should be able to fix it. Eventually. Probably. YMMV? Overall, I love this extension and would personally rate it 5 stars. It's buggy, and occasionally stops working, but for a reasonable one time fee it's had quite a positive impact on my life.

I've been using this extension for nearly 10 years. I paid early on supporting the develop because it is extremely useful. This vey low review is because the developer has neglected to respond to questions I have submitted for support from them, even though I can see that they viewed the emails. They are simply choosing not to support me and I find this unacceptable.

I've been using this extension for 10+ years, across multiple browsers. It's fantastic. It's not a glorified tab switcher like so many other extensions are. Tabs Outliner lets you organize tabs and windows that belong to different tasks or research topics, rename anything so you remember what it is and why you saved it, and add notes either as part of a saved tab node or directly to its own node. All of this without the "out of site, out of mind" problem that bookmarks have (or the organizational limits). Read through the options and the help section. (Something the reviewer below me clearly didn't do, since there's an option to change the single/double-click behavior along with an explanation for the default behavior). Yes, browser updates sometimes break extensions, including this one. Blame how Chrome handles local storage, and back up anything important before updating. If you can afford it, the paid version has automatic backups. If not, click the question mark in the extension window to find the help section, where there are directions for manually exporting your tab tree.

This is really janky and kinda clunky. It's a completely separate window, and one of the really annoying parts is, you have to double click on the tab you want to get it to open. I mean, it works in the most basic sense, but I get the feeling whoever made this either isn't comfortable with the tools they used to make this, or they fully lack any understanding of how or why different people might want to use tab trees. Even something as basic as integrating the window into Chrome isn't done.

I've used Tabs Outliner for a while and really appreciate its unique approach to organizing and managing tabs. The tree-style structure is incredibly helpful for keeping everything in order, especially for heavy tab users. However, it seems like the extension hasn't been updated in a while, and I’ve run into occasional bugs. Recently, I started exploring VertiTab as an alternative. It also supports tree-style tabs, but with additional features like cloud sync and automated snapshots, which have been a game-changer for me. I’d still recommend Tabs Outliner for anyone looking for an innovative way to manage tabs, but it’s worth checking out VertiTab if you’re looking for something actively maintained.

amazing! please keep it up, it's just amazing!

Not working anymore on MacOS (Sequoia)

DO NOT BUY PRO! There is no further development, no customer support, no refunds!, all communication channels are dead. As of now, the extension is a DECADE behind current browser development and many features ARE NOT supported and never will be: A critical example is Pinned tabs and Tab groups https://tabsoutliner.userecho.com/communities/1/topics/545-add-support-for-tab-groups-and-fix-pinned-tabs

10/5 stars; you shouldn't be allowed to use the internet without this extension! My only suggestions / requests are: - Please develop this for Mozilla FireFox. I use multiple browsers & found a tab manager that I really like for FF, but I like Tabs Outliner the best. - Would be great to be able to count / know how many tabs / items I have, and at what point it can start to bog me down & crash. There have been a couple times when the extension basically stopped working & I had to reinstall it, thus wiping out my session - sort of. Because of the ingenious Google Drive integration, I never LOST data; it was merely wiped from the session. Moving data between browsers is literally drag & drop brain-dead simple & easy. :-) I can even open multiple "clone" windows of TO and move links & items between 3; 4; 5; however many clones I want....absolutely amazing! - Some more robust ability to organize; maybe create folders or tags, would be nice. -If you could somehow make it even easier to view browser tabs & sessions / T.O. data among other PC's, that would be great too. It's already very simple, so maybe I'm just confused... Overall; if you are even looking at this extension, just get it & try it. It's mind-blowing that it's free. Ensure you: a) Enable backup to GDrive so you never lose your data b) Manually backup / export your Tabs Outliner data to your PC, because esp. with backups; Two is One, and One is None. Thank you mr. develeoper man SO very much for Tabs Outliner. It's truly amazing. :-)

I loved this extension and I still use it, because I didn't find anything close to it, but I am increasingly considering removing it. The development is years behind current Chrome features. No tab groups, no pinned tabs support. If you have Premium, whenever you launch, you get notification that you don't have backup to gdrive configured and you can't get rid of it. So ANNYOING. No response from devs on their suggestion/feedback platform for years. Some tickets regarding these issues are 11 years old!!!

warning: This is an paid extension that does not even provide pricing information before you need to buy. Sorry, this is a business practices that i do not support. The UI does not conform to any UI standards and general usability is "unique". I used it in the past before it became unusable. Also, dear authors: i understand that you want to generate revenue. But your tactics have huge room for improvement.

I LOVED THIS APP for so long, it was great! However, it is now broken irrecvocably, as you can see in many comments, the window no longer opens. Therefore, you will lose all of your organized tabs. The devs haven't updated this extension since 2021, so it is obviously dead. There has been no communication from them, either, so dont waste time installing what was once a great app, but now is broken.

Recently start to get a lot of "chrome-extension://eggkanocgddhmamlbiijnphhppkpkmkl/" pages when opening large windows and losing that tab

It needs heavy theming to be even remotely usable

Lauren Brown, you are a God send. That is EXACTLY why I am here. Just today TO stopped working. The sidebar wouldn't come up. Always nice to see a post from someone else and to know it is not an isolated incident! I hadn't yet had the time to get the paid version, but I do have a saved version from doing Cntl S on the sidebar- so all my tabs are saved (thanks be to God). I uninstalled and reinstalled and the sidebar is back. Now I just have to figure out how to navigate from the Cntl S version to this new sidebar (I have a general sense of what to do.) This is an EXCELLENT app. I use Tree Tabs on Firefox and it argues almost every day with other apps and I have constant problems with it b.c it doesn't like to play nice. TO here is constant as a work horse. Love it! Thank you to the developer.

If you are here because your Tabs Outliner is not working, I figured out a fix for it. I don't know why the button in the toolbar isn't working anymore, but if you have the paid version (I do) you can go into your Extension Options, go to the Backup tab, and open your most recent backup. Everything I have been browsing was all in there. I don't know why there's a breakdown in function currently, but I was able to recover all the things I thought I'd lost. I hope this helps.

Would you like to try a new tabs outliner for 2024? SessionPaw! Disclose, I am the dev ❤. A late good review of this extension, I have been used it for almost ten years, as well as Sidewise Tree Style Tabs. But as all you can see they are unmaintained for tons of years, even the latter had been delisted five or more years ago. So I learned the front end and developed a new one for myself and guys like you all. Hope you can try it and send me feedback!

It's literally the reason I use chrome, but frustrating not having a search function