Is Tame Tabs safe to use?

Tame Tabs has a security risk score of 46.26/100 (MEDIUM risk). Our security analysis detected 2 findings. Review the detailed security assessment below to understand the specific risks before installation.

What are the security risks of Tame Tabs?

Based on our automated security analysis, Tame Tabs presents medium risk level. The extension is analyzed for malware patterns, secret exposure, network communications, permissions, and supply chain vulnerabilities.

How is the security score calculated?

Risky Plugins calculates security scores using weighted categories: severity of findings (25 points max), malware detections (35 points), secret exposure (28 points), network communications (10 points), and obfuscation (10 points). Scores range from 0-100, with higher scores indicating greater risk.

What does CRITICAL, HIGH, MEDIUM, LOW, MINIMAL risk mean?

CRITICAL (80-100): Severe security issues like malware. HIGH (60-79): Significant vulnerabilities. MEDIUM (40-59): Moderate security concerns. LOW (20-39): Minor issues. MINIMAL (0-19): Very low risk. Always review findings before installing any extension.

Is "Tame Tabs" on Chrome Web Store Safe to Install?

[email protected] · chrome · v1.1.0

Too many tabs? Tame them. Tame Tabs organizes your browser chaos into workspaces. Save your entire tab session, switch to a clean workspace, and restore everything later — all in one click. Your data never leaves your device. Free for up to 10 workspaces. No account required. No tracking. WORKSPACES Group tabs into named, color-coded workspaces. One for work, one for research, one for that rabbit hole at 2 AM. Create as many as you need and switch between them instantly. When you switch workspaces, your current tabs are saved and the target workspace's tabs are restored — including any Chrome Tab Groups you had open, with their names and colors intact. Nothing gets lost in the shuffle. ONE-CLICK SWITCHING Go from 47 open tabs to a clean slate — and back — in one click. Tame Tabs saves your entire window state when you switch, so you can context-switch between projects without losing your place. SEARCH EVERYTHING Find any tab across every workspace in seconds. Type in the search bar and results show which workspace each tab belongs to. Click to jump straight to it. DRAG & DROP Reorder tabs within a workspace by dragging. Move tabs or entire tab groups between workspaces with a right-click context menu. Organize your way. MORE FEATURES • Auto-save — Tabs are saved automatically every 5 seconds. Close the browser, restart your computer — everything's still there. • Session persistence — Workspaces survive browser restarts. Reopen Chrome and pick up right where you left off. • Tab Groups preserved — Chrome Tab Groups carry over between workspaces with names, colors, and structure intact. • Suspend tabs — Free up memory by suspending tabs you're not using. Unsuspend with a click when you need them. Suspend all inactive tabs at once with one button. • Recently closed — Accidentally closed a tab? Restore it with one click. Tracks your last 25 closed tabs. • Right-click menu — Move any tab or tab group to another workspace from the page context menu. Create new workspaces directly from tab groups. • 10 colors + custom picker — Color-code your workspaces with 10 preset colors or pick any custom color. • Dark mode — Automatically matches your system theme. PRIVACY ISN'T A FEATURE. IT'S THE ARCHITECTURE. Your browsing data never leaves your device. Period. • All tab data, URLs, and browsing history are stored locally using Chrome's storage API • No analytics. No telemetry. No tracking. • The only network request the extension ever makes is license key validation — and that sends only the key string, never any tab or browsing data • Permissions are locked by Chrome to a single domain. No other outbound requests are possible. • Content Security Policy enforced as an additional layer of protection We literally can't see your tabs. GET STARTED IN 30 SECONDS Install the extension — no account needed, no sign-up forms Create your first workspace — name it, pick a color, and your current tabs are saved automatically Start taming — switch between workspaces, search across everything, drag tabs around No configuration wizards. No onboarding flows. Just install and go. PRICING Free — Up to 10 workspaces, all features included Pro — Unlimited workspaces for $5/year Purchase a license key at tametabs.com and enter it directly in the extension. No account required in the extension itself. PERMISSIONS EXPLAINED • Tabs — Read and manage tabs to save and restore workspaces • Tab Groups — Preserve Chrome tab groups across workspace switches • Storage — Save workspace data locally on your device • Context Menus — Right-click menu to move tabs between workspaces • Alarms — Periodic license key re-validation (once per day) Stop drowning in browser tabs. Start organizing like a pro. Questions or feedback? Visit tametabs.com

Risk Assessment

Analyzed

46.26

out of 100

MEDIUM

2 security findings detected across all analyzers

Chrome extension requesting 6 permissions

Severity Breakdown

Critical

High

Medium

Low

Info

Finding Categories

Network

Requested Permissions

6 permissions

tabs

Medium

tabGroups

Low

storage

Low

contextMenus

Low

alarms

Low

https://www.tametabs.com/*

Low

About This Extension

Detailed Findings

2 total

AI Security Report

AI Security Review

Risky Plugins reviewed this extension with an AI-assisted security workflow on 2026-04-27. The review verdict is needs follow up with 65% confidence.

Recommended action: runtime analysis.
Risk context: MEDIUM risk, score 46/100.
Evidence context: threat category unknown malware; evidence quality moderate.

The extension 'Tame Tabs' declares a tabs permission in manifest.json (MANIFEST-SENSITIVE-PERM-TABS finding), which is appropriate for its stated purpose of organizing browser tabs into workspaces. This permission enables the extension to read, modify, and manage tab data, which aligns with the functionality described in the extension description.

However, a significant discrepancy exists between the extension's privacy claims and its observed behavior. The description states 'All data stays on your device,' yet background.js:153 contains a network fetch call (NET-FETCH-background.js-153 finding). This single network request contradicts the local-only data claim and requires investigation to determine its purpose.

The developer is listed as [email protected], an email address rather than a verified company name or organization. This provides minimal accountability but is not inherently suspicious. The extension has 0 users, suggesting it is either newly published or has not gained traction.

Notably, the evidence bundle shows zero malware signatures, zero IoCs, zero obfuscation findings, and zero code-smell findings. The two medium-severity findings are limited to the manifest permission and the network call. There is no evidence of typosquatting, credential theft, browser hijacking, or data exfiltration patterns.

Strongest Counterargument: A skeptic would argue this is a benign extension where the fetch call serves legitimate purposes like update checking, analytics opt-out verification, or feature flag retrieval. The tabs permission is standard for tab management tools, and the absence of malware signatures or suspicious domains supports this view. However, this counterargument does not resolve the contradiction with the explicit 'all data stays on your device' claim. Even legitimate network calls for updates or analytics still transmit data off-device, making the privacy claim inaccurate at minimum. Without documentation explaining the network call's purpose or evidence that it's purely local, the discrepancy cannot be dismissed.

To reach a definitive verdict, I would need to examine the actual fetch URL in background.js:153 to determine if it connects to a known service, the extension's own infrastructure, or an unknown domain. Runtime analysis would also clarify what data (if any) is transmitted.