Tab Vault: Free Chrome Session Manager

Tab Vault saves and organizes your browser tabs into named sessions you can tag, search and restore later, so a crashed window or an accidental close never costs you your open tabs again. It is free to install and works fully offline; cross-device sync is optional.

Download the extension (.zip) Create a free sync account

What it does

Save sessions	Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+S saves every tab in the current window as one named session, instantly.
Search & tags	Instant multi-term search across session names, tags, tab titles and URLs, with a tag filter bar.
Undo & history	Every change keeps a version history with one-key Ctrl+Z undo, plus a 30-day Trash instead of hard deletes.
Local backups	Rolling safety backups are written to IndexedDB after every save and once daily, so nothing is ever a single point of failure.
Optional sync	Sign in to sync sessions across devices, with optional end-to-end AES-GCM encryption where the passphrase never leaves your device.
Price	Free. The extension works fully offline with no account; sync is an optional free account.

How to install

1. Download the extension.zip above and unzip it.
2. Open chrome://extensions in Chrome and turn on Developer mode.
3. Click "Load unpacked" and select the unzipped folder.
4. Pin Tab Vault to your toolbar. Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+S saves your current window as a session.

Frequently asked questions

Yes, installing and using Tab Vault offline is free, and the optional cross-device sync account is also free.

Yes. Saving, tagging and searching sessions works fully offline. An account is only needed if you want to sync sessions between two or more devices.

Deleted sessions go to a Trash folder for 30 days before being permanently removed, and every edit keeps version history you can undo with Ctrl+Z.

Sync is optional and, if enabled, supports end-to-end AES-GCM encryption. Your passphrase is derived locally and never sent to the server, which only ever stores ciphertext.