CleanTabs

CleanTabs is a local Chrome extension for tab cleanup.

Local install

1. Open chrome://extensions.
2. Enable Developer mode.
3. Click Load unpacked.
4. Select this folder: /home/ijoukov/code/cleantabs.

Features

• Popup view listing all open tabs, grouped by normalized URL.
• Duplicate groups float to the top.
• Search by partial URL or page title.
• Optional filter for browser new-tab pages.
• Group actions to close all tabs, close all but one, or close selected tabs.
• Per-tab checkboxes; once selected, the group close button changes to Close X.
• Click any tab result to focus its window and activate that tab.
• Shows approximate last viewed age.
• Page-text search across scriptable tabs.

Development

npm run icons
npm run validate
npm run package

npm run package writes a Chrome Web Store upload zip to dist/cleantabs-0.1.0.zip.

Publishing checklist

1. Run npm run validate.
2. Run npm run package.
3. Create a Chrome Web Store developer account.
4. Create a new item and upload dist/cleantabs-0.1.0.zip.
5. Use the copy in STORE_LISTING.md as the first draft of the store listing.
6. Use PRIVACY.md for the privacy policy content.

Notes

Page-text search requires scripting and <all_urls> permissions. Chrome blocks scripted access to some pages, including internal browser pages and Chrome Web Store pages, so those tabs are counted as unsearchable.