Tabulator

Tab management for Safari all in one place

Requires macOS Sonoma 14 or later
Last updated: 2026-05-03

You have tabs coming out of your ears. Local windows, tab groups, mobile devices. Safari spreads them across menus and sidebars, but there’s no single place to see and manage them all.

Tabulator presents all your tabs as multiple columns. You can prune your current tabs, search across all sources, sort them, show favicons, tag with Finder colours, and export as bookmarks. With Safari closed, you get full editing and reordering of all local tabs. Full undo/redo means you can experiment freely.

Unified View

See tabs from multiple sources as set of columns
Tab Editing

Cut, copy, paste, drag-and-drop, undo/redo, reorder
Search & Filter

Find any tab instantly with live match counts
Vertical Tabs for Safari

Compact tab list with global hotkey and raise-on-hover
Backup & Restore

Automatic daily and manual backups of Safari databases
Safari Extension

Live tab count badge and quick launch Tabulator app

Tab Sources

Local Safari windows and their tabs
Named tab groups
iCloud tabs from iPhone, iPad, and other Macs
Bookmarks: Favourites Bar, Reading List, custom folders
Orphan windows containing tabs you thought were lost
Show/hide individual columns via sidebar
Select Safari data folder with ⌘O
Select bookmarks folder with ⌥⌘O
Jump between columns with ⌘1..9

Tab Editing

Cut, copy, paste tabs between columns
Drag-and-drop with Option to force copy
Create new tabs, tab groups, and bookmark folders
Reorder tabs within columns
Full editing when Safari is closed
Live tab closure and activation when Safari is running
Undo and redo for cut, paste, delete, copy, move, and more
Swipe to activate/open or close tabs
Multi-select with ⌘-click and Select All
Selection persists across app relaunch
Ephemeral tagging of tabs with Finder colours whilst organising

Search

⇧⌘F—Search across all columns
⌘F—Search within a single column
Matches both titles and full URLs
Live match counter

Display

⌘U—Cycle URL display: title only, domain, or full URL
⌘N—Toggle row numbers
⇧⌘I—Toggle favicons
Sort by title, domain, or last viewed

Inspector

⌘I—Floating info panel for the selected tab
Device location, group, position, pinned status
Last viewed time, reader mode, Finder tag
Clickable URL with copy button
Multi-tab selection shows aggregate device breakdown
Space—Quick Look preview

Vertical Tabs

⌘T—Slim, always-on-top panel alongside Safari
⌃⌥T—Global hotkey to toggle from anywhere
Automatic activation when window narrower than threshold
Configurable width from 200–1000 px
Raise-on-hover and always-on-top with hide dock icon option
Single-click activation to jump to tabs

Safari Extension

Tab count badge in the Safari toolbar (total or per-window)
Audio playback detection with audible/muted indicators
Activate or close tabs from the main app
Status indicators: connected, needs permission, not responding, disabled

Backup & Restore

Automatic daily backup of Safari databases
⌘B—Manual backup anytime
Browse, create, or delete backups in Settings
One-click restore—all files replaced atomically

Keyboard Editing

⌘←→—Move focus between columns
⇧⌘←→—Move selected tab(s) to adjacent column
⇧⌥⌘←→—Copy selected tab(s) to adjacent column
Space—Quick Look selected tab
Return—Open selected tab(s) in Safari
⌫—Close/delete selected tab(s)
⌘1..9—Jump to column by index
⌘Z—Undo / ⇧⌘Z—Redo

⌘E—Export selected tabs as HTML bookmarks
Standard Netscape format, importable in any browser
⇧⌘C—Copy URLs to clipboard
Share URLs via macOS Share Sheet

Works with Tsundoku

Right-click a tab and choose “Add to Tsundoku” to save it to your chosen bookmarking service
Requires Tsundoku to be running

Optimised

Only 955 KB app download size
Less than 100 MB base memory footprint

Why are some of my tabs disabled?

When Safari is open only tabs currently open in local windows are editable. To edit orphan windows, tab groups, and bookmarks, you’ll need to quit Safari.

Why can't I open or switch Tab Groups?

Unfortunately, Safari doesn’t expose that functionality.