Chrome extension · in development

Chrome, organized into workflows.

Tabuntu Workspace groups your work web apps — email, calendar, docs, chat — into named workflows you switch between in one click. Real Chrome tabs, tidy tab groups, nothing hidden behind an iframe.

Coming soon to Chrome Web Store See how it works

Free to start. No sign-up to use it. Your workflows stay in your browser.

🔒 Your data stays in your browser 🚫 No tracking, no ads 💾 Local & Chrome-sync storage only

Why Tabuntu

Your tab bar isn't a filing system.

Work apps end up scattered across dozens of tabs in whatever order you opened them, mixed in with everything else. Finding the right one, every time, is its own small tax on your attention.

  • Workflows, not just bookmarks. "Work", "Church", "Home" — each is its own named set of apps.
  • Switching swaps the tabs. Apps shared between workflows are reused, not reloaded — everything else closes behind you.
  • Always in the same place. The side panel and New Tab dashboard show your apps in a fixed order, no matter how Chrome scatters the tab strip.
Gmail Reddit Drive YouTube Calendar Amazon ChatGPT News WhatsApp
↓ one click ↓
Work — Email, Calendar, Drive, ChatGPT

Features

Everything stays a real Chrome tab.

No embedding, no iframes, no broken logins — just Chrome doing what it already does, arranged the way you think about your work.

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Named workflows

Group your apps into workflows like "Work" or "Church". Each has its own apps, color, and order — add, rename, reorder, or delete them right from the side panel.

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One-click switching

Click a workflow and Tabuntu opens its tabs and closes the previous workflow's — reusing any app that's shared between them, so nothing reloads unnecessarily.

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Tidy, colored tab groups

Launching a workflow drops its tabs into a named, colored Chrome tab group — pinned if you like — so it reads as one unit in your tab strip.

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New Tab dashboard

Replaces the default New Tab page with a launcher grid of your apps, plus a one-click "Open workspace" button for the whole workflow.

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Vertical side panel

A persistent, ordered app switcher in Chrome's side panel. A filled dot means the tab's already open — click any row to focus or open it.

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Optional AI chat popup

Pin ChatGPT, Gemini, or Copilot in a slim, resizable window at the edge of your screen. It remembers its size and position between sessions.

How it works

Set it up once. Switch all day.

Add your apps

Point Tabuntu at the sites you use for work — email, calendar, shared drives, chat, whatever you open every day.

Group into workflows

Sort those apps into named workflows. The same app can belong to more than one — it'll just be reused, not duplicated.

Launch with one click

Open a workflow from the New Tab dashboard or the side panel and every app opens together in a named, colored tab group.

Switch without the mess

Click a different workflow later and Tabuntu swaps the tabs for you — old ones close, new ones open, shared ones stay put.

Pricing

Start free. Upgrade only if you need more.

Every feature is in the free plan — switching, tab groups, the side panel, the dashboard, even the AI chat panel. Pro simply lifts the cap on how many workflows you can keep.

Free

$0

  • Up to 3 workflows
  • One-click switching & tab groups
  • Side panel + New Tab dashboard
  • AI chat panel

Pro

Monthly · Yearly · Lifetime

  • Everything in Free
  • Unlimited workflows
  • Priority support

7-day free trial — no card required to try. Choose your plan at checkout.

Privacy

Nothing leaves your browser.

Tabuntu Workspace was built to need as little as possible from you or from Chrome.

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    No tracking, ever

    No analytics, no ads, no profiling. Tabuntu can't read the content of the pages you visit — it only opens, groups, and focuses tabs you've configured yourself.

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    Local-first storage

    Your workflows and apps are saved with Chrome's own storage APIs. Settings can sync across your signed-in Chrome profiles the same way your bookmarks do — that's entirely Chrome's mechanism, not ours.

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    One connection, and only for Pro

    The free plan makes no network calls at all. If you upgrade to Pro, Tabuntu checks your subscription with our payment provider, ExtensionPay — that's the only server it ever contacts, and no browsing data is involved.

PermissionWhat it's for
tabsOpen, focus, and pin the tabs in your workflows
tabGroupsName and color the tab group for the active workflow
storageSave your workflows, apps, and settings
sidePanelShow the vertical workflow & app switcher
faviconShow each app's real icon, from Chrome's local cache
newtab overrideShow the launcher dashboard instead of Chrome's default new tab
extensionpay.comCheck Pro subscription status — only if you upgrade

That's the complete list. No <all_urls>, no webRequest, no analytics, no tracking. The one host permission, extensionpay.com, is used solely to verify a Pro licence.

Tabs + Ubuntu

Where the name comes from

From a Windows desktop app to a Chrome extension.

Tabuntu started life as a Windows desktop app that embedded work tools side-by-side in one window. The name is Tabs + Ubuntu — the African concept of shared, interconnected humanity — applied to how scattered work tools should come together.

Modern web apps increasingly refuse to be embedded at all, so Tabuntu Workspace rebuilds the same idea natively for Chrome: real tabs, real tab groups, and a side panel that keeps everything within one click — instead of fighting login flows inside an iframe.

FAQ

Good to know

Is this the same as the old Tabuntu desktop app?

It's the same idea, rebuilt as a Chrome extension. Instead of embedding web apps inside the app's own window, Tabuntu Workspace opens each one as a real Chrome tab and organizes them with tab groups, a New Tab dashboard, and a side panel.

Why doesn't it embed apps in a panel like the desktop app did?

Most work apps — Gmail, WhatsApp Web, ChatGPT, Google Drive — actively block being shown inside an iframe, and stripping those protections breaks login flows and risks the extension being rejected from the Chrome Web Store. Using real tabs means every app works exactly as it does normally, logins included.

Does my data get sent anywhere?

Your workflows and settings never leave your browser — they're stored with Chrome's built-in storage APIs on your device (and synced across your own signed-in Chrome profiles by Chrome itself, exactly like bookmarks). The free version makes no network requests at all. The only time Tabuntu contacts a server is to verify a Pro subscription through our payment provider, ExtensionPay — and even then, none of your browsing or workflow data is sent.

Can I use it for more than just work?

Yes — a workflow is just a named group of apps. Plenty of people set up one for work, one for a side project, and one for personal admin, and switch between them the same way.

Will it open a pile of tabs every time I start Chrome?

Only if you turn that on. Auto-launching a workflow at startup is off by default, and even the toolbar button's behavior is configurable.

Tabuntu Workspace is on its way.

It's currently in development and not yet published to the Chrome Web Store. Check back soon, or reach out if you'd like to try it early.

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