blenderskool/untab

A productivity tool to boost your browser workflow!

Ctrl + Shift + Space and boom 🎉!

Most of us have dozens of open tabs, and it quickly becomes cumbersome to manage them efficiently. UnTab is a browser extension that gives you superpowers by making it possible to search through open tabs and perform common actions with just a few keystrokes. This in turn boosts productivity and makes you look like a hero!

UnTab is officially supported on following browsers:

• Google Chrome(via Chromium support)
• Firefox browser
• Microsoft Edge(via Chromium support)

UnTab might also be compatible with other browsers that use Chromium under the hood.

Demo

Project Setup

Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/blenderskool/untab.git
cd untab

Understanding the directory structure

• src: Primary source directory where the magic happens!

  • background: Background Script for the extension
  • content: Content Script for the extension
  • components: UI components written using Svelte. (App.svelte is the main root component)
  • manifest.json: Extension manifest file

• dist: This directory contains the built files from the src

• rollup.config.js: Project build configuration is setup using rollup.

Build the project

To install the extension on the browser, first build the project using the following command.

Chrome and other Chromium based browsers

npm run build

Firefox

npm run build:firefox

All the built files are generated in the dist directory.

Install on Browser

Chrome and other Chromium based browsers

• Go to chrome://extensions.
• Turn ON Developer mode.
• Click on Load Unpacked.
• Select the dist folder and it will check for manifest.json on its own. The extension should now show up on the list.
• Go to any page and press Ctrl + Shift + Space or Command + Shift + Space (on Mac) to open UnTab.
• NOTE: Whenever, the build files are changed, to get the changes synced with the installed extension, click on the reload icon next to the installed extension.

Firefox

• Go to about:debugging and select This Firefox on the left sidebar.
• Click on Load Temporary Add-on... button.
• Select the manifest.json file in dist folder that was generated after the build step. The extension should now show up on the list.
• Go to any page and press Ctrl + Shift + Space or Command + Shift + Space (on Mac) to open UnTab.
• NOTE: Whenever, the build files are changed, to get the changes synced with the installed extension, click on the Reload button in the extension that was installed in the 3rd step.

Privacy and Analytics

• UnTab does not store or send anything searched/selected in UnTab interface to a server.
• The search index(which includes opened tabs, recent browser history, bookmarks, etc.) prepared by UnTab is generated on the client side everytime and is never sent or stored in a server.

Analytics

Analytics is kept to a minimum and Google Measurement protocol is being used for these basic analytics. Unlike the regular Google Analytics used on websites, Google Measurement protocol only records the data explicitly defined in code.

• Browser UserAgent is recorded.
• Browser location is recorded.
• Fingerprinting or Returning browser sessions are not recorded.

Following events are tracked:

• Opening the UnTab interface.
• Selecting some item in the UnTab interface.
  (NOTE: The content itself in any form is not sent, just an indication that above event occurred)

License

UnTab is MIT Licensed