osnr/TabFS

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What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

TabFS is a browser extension that mounts your open browser tabs as a filesystem on your computer, mapping each tab to a folder whose files reflect and control tab state. It lets you script and manage the browser with ordinary command-line tools, file managers, and scripting languages instead of writing extensions.

Use cases

• list titles of all open browser tabs from the terminal
• close tabs with rm or a file manager
• script browser control with Python and bash
• extract text and URLs from open tabs into files
• automate opening tabs by writing to a file
• manage browser tabs from Emacs Dired

When to choose

• you want to control or inspect the browser using standard Unix file tools and shell scripts
• you want to automate tab management without writing a browser extension
• you're on macOS or Linux using Chrome, Firefox, or Safari

When to avoid

• you need Windows support
• you need a polished, actively developed product with guaranteed compatibility across browser updates
• you only need simple tab automation that a normal extension provides

Facets

plugin · maturity maintenance

file-system browser-extension developer-tools workflow-automation cli browser-extensions developer-tools browser-extension browser fuse-filesystem browser-automation tabs-as-files scripting automation command-line macos linux safari

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