Turn your browser into recoverable workspaces
TabPlex does more than collect tabs in a list. It keeps the tabs, groups, notes, and references for one task together, so you can switch with confidence and recover when something goes wrong.
Start with one observation
Browser overload is rarely just about having too many tabs. The real problem is that several tasks are competing inside the same window. You are reluctant to close anything, but it is hard to see what deserves attention now.
The basic unit in TabPlex is not an individual tab. It is a workspace: one task that can be paused, recovered, and continued.
01 · Mental model
One workspace keeps one complete work context
A workspace can contain tabs, tab groups, notes, linked references, and recovery history. Its name tells you what the task is; its notes tell you where you stopped and what comes next.
TabPlex manages only the current normal browser window. Other windows are left alone when you switch, so temporary research, meetings, or personal browsing can stay separate.
A useful naming habit
Name workspaces after tasks, not websites. “Chrome Web Store submission” will be easier to resume next week than “Development links.”
02 · Quick start
Your first workflow takes four steps
Complete one small, real loop: create a workspace, add context, switch away, and return. Once that loop makes sense, the rest of TabPlex becomes straightforward.
Open Home
Open Home from the extension, or press Alt + H, to see all of your workspaces.
Create a workspace
The “+” action in Home creates an empty workspace. Creating one by entering a new name in the popup captures the tabs and groups in the current window.
Add the task context
Drag in relevant tabs, write two short lines of notes, and link the references you actually revisit. Do not collect unrelated pages for the sake of completeness.
Switch and continue
Choose another workspace. TabPlex saves the current workspace first, then restores the target workspace in the same window.
03 · Daily organization
Make the next visit require no reconstruction
A good workspace is not the one with the most tabs. It is the one that makes the next action obvious when you return. Keep pages directly related to the task, then note progress, blockers, and the next action in plain language.
Search covers workspace names, tab titles and URLs, linked references, and notes. Clear names and concrete notes make the whole context easier to retrieve.
- Open HomeAlt + H
- View, organize, and search all workspaces.
- New workspaceAlt + N
- Start a new task from the current interface.
- Previous workspaceAlt + ↑
- Move quickly through recently used workspaces.
- Next workspaceAlt + ↓
- Continue switching in the other direction.
04 · Workspace switching
A switch should move the boundary of your attention
Before a switch, TabPlex records the current window. The target workspace then returns in that same normal window. You do not have to keep many browser windows alive or rebuild a set of tabs by hand.
Large workspaces are restored in batches. Let the switch finish before moving or closing many tabs, so competing changes do not overwrite one another.
Save first, restore second
This order is central to TabPlex: the current task leaves a recoverable state before the next task takes over the window.
05 · Recovery and backup
A mistake should not become an irreversible decision
Timeline records important workspace changes, while Trash keeps deleted workspaces recoverable. If something is removed or reorganized too aggressively, check those two places before rebuilding it by hand.
Local backups are useful before a major cleanup, a browser-environment move, or an important milestone. You can preview an import and choose whether to merge or replace; the replacement flow preserves room to roll back when it cannot complete safely.
- Timeline
- Review workspace changes and recover overwritten context.
- Trash
- Restore an accidentally deleted workspace instead of erasing it immediately.
- Backup preview
- Check workspace counts and scope before importing.
- Integrity check
- SHA-256 detects backup corruption; it does not mean the backup contents are encrypted.
06 · Design principles
Why TabPlex is designed this way
TabPlex is not trying to make every decision for you. Its job is to reduce the cost of pausing, switching, and recovering a task. A feature earns its place when it makes work context clearer and more controllable.
- Local first
- Workspace data stays in your browser, and the core experience does not require an account.
- Clear boundaries
- TabPlex manages the current normal window instead of quietly taking over every browser window.
- Recovery first
- Timeline, Trash, validation, and rollback matter more than automation that only appears clever.
- Low interruption
- Common actions stay close to the work, with more input requested only when a decision is necessary.
07 · Optional advanced use
Enable Agent Control only when you need automation
Agent Control is for advanced workflows in which a local tool needs to read or control TabPlex. It is off by default, depends on a separately installed Native Host, and communicates across a local-only boundary.
Creating, switching, searching, and recovering workspaces do not require it. Install and enable the extra components only when you have a specific automation workflow.
Keep the permission surface small
When Agent Control is off, no control channel is opened. Before enabling it, verify the Native Host source, extension-ID binding, and allowed operations.