TabBurrow vs OneTab
OneTab and TabBurrow both start from the same promise: click once, and a wall of tabs stops eating your memory. They diverge on what happens next. OneTab gives you one long list, deliberately. TabBurrow gives you named collections you can organize, search, and optionally let an on-device AI sort for you.
Side by side
| Feature | TabBurrow | OneTab |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free forever for local use. PRO $3.99/mo or $29/yr, optional. | Free. No paid plan advertised on its site. |
| Account required | No | No |
| Source code | Open source, AGPL-3.0, whole stack public | Closed source |
| Where tabs are stored | Your browser (IndexedDB), on your device | Your browser, on your device |
| How saved tabs are organized | Named collections, drag-and-drop, tags and notes | A list, plus folders |
| AI organizing | Yes. On-device with Chrome's built-in Gemini Nano (free, capable Chrome), cloud AI on PRO | Not offered |
| Sessions & crash restore | Automatic snapshot every 5 minutes, plus named manual snapshots | Your saved list survives restarts and crashes |
| Sharing | Public share pages for a collection (PRO) | "Share as a web page", which uploads that list |
| Browsers | Chrome and Chromium browsers | Chrome, Firefox, Edge, Safari and more |
| Self-hosting | Yes, run the entire stack yourself | Not applicable, closed source |
OneTab details compared as of July 30, 2026, from their own site. Check there for current pricing and features.
When OneTab is the better choice
Pick OneTab if you want the smallest possible tool that works the same way in Chrome, Firefox, Edge, and Safari, and you genuinely just want a list. It has been around a long time, it is free, and it does that one job without asking anything of you. TabBurrow is Chrome-only and aims at a different job: keeping tabs you want to come back to, organized well enough to actually find later.
Questions
Is TabBurrow a drop-in replacement for OneTab?
Not exactly, because the two aim at different things. OneTab is built to collapse tabs into one list and reclaim memory. TabBurrow is built to keep tabs you intend to return to, in named collections you can search, tag, and reorganize. If what you liked about OneTab was the one-click rescue, TabBurrow does that too; if what you liked was the deliberate simplicity of a single list, OneTab is still the simpler tool.
Can I import my OneTab list into TabBurrow?
OneTab can export your saved tabs as a list of URLs, and TabBurrow can import links, so moving over is possible today. TabBurrow also imports your existing Chrome bookmarks directly, and exports everything back out to JSON at any time, so you are never locked in either way.
Does either one send my tabs anywhere?
Both are local by default. OneTab states that your tab URLs are never transmitted to its developers, with one exception: the opt-in "Share as a web page" feature, which uploads that list so it can be shared. TabBurrow stores everything in your browser's IndexedDB, and only syncs if you choose to sign in for PRO. TabBurrow's AI organizing runs on-device on a capable Chrome, so nothing leaves your machine for it; the optional cloud path sends only link titles and URLs, never page content.
Is TabBurrow free like OneTab?
Yes, for local use, with no feature caps and no account. Saving, collections, drag-and-drop, sessions, search, and import/export are free forever, and on a capable desktop Chrome the AI organizing is free too because it runs on your own machine. PRO ($3.99/month or $29/year) is optional and only adds cloud sync, share pages, and cloud AI.