Project = window
Close the window and Slate saves the tab set. Reopen the project and everything comes back - same tabs, same order, same active tab.
Window-per-project tab manager
One Chrome window
One Chrome window
for every project.
Stop drowning 50 tabs from 5 projects in one window. Slate gives each project its own window - and saves the tabs, groups and pinned state exactly, so you switch context without ever losing your place.
100% LOCAL/
NO ACCOUNT/
OPEN SOURCE
// What it does
Your work, restored exactly as you left it.
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Tab groups preserved
Group titles, colors and collapsed state survive the full round trip. Your structure is never flattened into a bookmark dump.
03
Pinned tabs kept
Pinned state is restored on reopen, so your always-on tabs stay exactly where they belong in every project window.
04
Per-window badge
The toolbar shows the current project's initials in its own color - you always know which project window you're working in.
05
Side-panel manager
Rename, reorder by drag & drop, recolor and delete projects from Chrome's built-in side panel. 335 curated Lucide icons or upload your own.
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Import / export & CLI
Move projects between machines as JSON, and drive Slate from your terminal with the optional bash CLI.
// See it in action
A toolbar away, all the time.
Pick a project from the toolbar - its window opens or focuses instantly.
Drag to reorder, recolor, rename and delete - all in the side panel.
335 curated icons, any color, or upload your own image.
// Why Slate
The middle ground between a session list and a whole new UI.
Most tab managers store sessions you restore by hand. Slate ties projects to real Chrome windows and auto-saves on every change - your work becomes named workspaces, the way Chrome was meant to be used.
TOO LIGHT
One Tab, Session Buddy - just a flat list of saved sessions you reopen manually.
TOO HEAVY
Workona and friends - a whole separate UI layered on top of your browser.
JUST RIGHT - SLATE
Each project lives in its own native Chrome window. Auto-saved. Zero new UI to learn.
// For terminal people
Drive Slate from your shell.
An optional bash wrapper opens, closes and lists projects without leaving the keyboard - perfect for wiring into your existing dev scripts.
$ slate open "Work" → opening window · 12 tabs · 3 groups restored $ slate list Work 12 tabs ● open Study 9 tabs ○ saved Side 6 tabs ○ saved $ slate close "Work" → tab set saved · window closed
// Pricing
Free to use. Pro is on the way.
FREE
$0 / forever
Everything Slate does today, fully local and open source.
- Unlimited projects & windows
- Tabs, groups & pinned state saved
- Side-panel manager + icon picker
- Import / export as JSON
- Optional terminal CLI
- No account, no telemetry
PRO
COMING SOON
Soon
For people who live across machines and need their workspaces everywhere.
- Encrypted cloud sync across devices
- Cross-machine project handoff
- Shared team project templates
- Tab session history & restore
- Priority support
No spam. One email when Pro is ready.
// Privacy by design
100% local. No servers. No telemetry. No tracking.
Slate makes zero outbound network requests. Your projects, tabs and icons live in chrome.storage.local on your device - never uploaded, sold or shared.