Built by a CS student from Pune 🇮🇳 who got tired of having 30 tabs open with no idea which source to trust.
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Every student, researcher, and developer knows this feeling — 20+ tabs open, browser slowing down, no idea which source is credible, and sessions lost every time Chrome crashes.
Existing tab managers just list your tabs. Claritab understands them.
It reads your tabs, groups them by topic, scores them for research quality, and saves your sessions automatically. All for free.
- AI Summaries — click ✦ on any tab to get a 3-sentence summary instantly
- AI Auto-Grouping — one click groups all your tabs by topic automatically
- AI Auto-Assign — new tabs are automatically assigned to the best matching group
- Research Comparator — scores tabs by credibility, depth and neutrality. Tells you which source to trust
- AI Name Suggest — AI suggests a name for your manual groups
- All Tabs View — list, search, close and switch tabs from one place
- Live Tab Sync — tab list updates in real time as tabs open, close or change
- Manual Grouping — select tabs with checkboxes, create custom groups
- Edit Groups — rename groups, move tabs between groups, delete tabs
- Keyboard Shortcuts —
Ctrl+Fsearch,Ctrl+Ggroups,Ctrl+Shift+Ssessions,Ctrl+Hhealth,Escclose panels
- Focus Mode — select tabs to focus on, all others get dimmed visually with FOCUS/OTHER badges
- Tab Health Score — scores your browser out of 100, detects duplicates and old tabs, fixes them automatically
- Session Save — save your current tabs as a named session, restore anytime
- Auto-save — silently saves your tabs every 5 minutes in the background
- Device Sync — sessions and groups sync across all your Chrome browsers via Google account
- Export / Import — export sessions as JSON, import on any device
Choose your preferred AI — no lock-in:
| Provider | Model | Key Format | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Groq | llama-3.1-8b-instant | gsk_... |
Free tier ✅ |
| Gemini (Google) | gemini-2.5-flash-lite | AIzaSy... |
Free forever ✅ |
| Claude (Anthropic) | claude-haiku | sk-ant-... |
$5 free credits |
| GPT-4o (OpenAI) | gpt-4o-mini | sk-... |
$5 free credits |
💡 Recommended for students: Use Groq — completely free, no credit card needed, no rate limit issues. Get your key at console.groq.com
- Download or clone this repository
git clone https://github.com/prathameshkashid586-star/claritab.git- Open Chrome → go to
chrome://extensions/ - Enable Developer Mode (toggle in top-right)
- Click Load unpacked → select the
claritabfolder - Claritab icon appears in your Chrome toolbar ✅
- Click the Claritab icon in your toolbar
- Click ⚙ settings → select your AI provider
- Paste your API key → click Save
- Start exploring your tabs with AI!
Get a free Groq API key at console.groq.com — no credit card required, no rate limits for normal use.
- Open tabs on any topic
- Go to ⬡ Groups tab
- Click ✦ AI Auto-Group
- Watch AI organize your tabs instantly
- New tabs you open will be auto-assigned to the best matching group
- Auto-group or manually group your research tabs
- Expand any group
- Click ⚖ Compare for Research
- See credibility, depth and neutrality scores for each source
- Go to ◎ Focus tab
- Check the tabs you want to focus on
- Click Activate Focus
- Focused tabs glow green with a FOCUS badge, others are dimmed
- Click Exit Focus to return to normal
- Go to 💾 Sessions tab
- Click 💾 Save Current Session
- Give it a name → Save
- Restore anytime — even after Chrome crashes
claritab/
├── manifest.json ← Extension config (Manifest V3)
├── popup.html ← UI structure
├── popup.css ← Styling
├── popup.js ← All popup functionality (~1900 lines)
├── background.js ← Auto-save + device sync + AI API calls
├── icons/
│ ├── icon16.png
│ ├── icon48.png
│ └── icon128.png
└── README.md
- HTML, CSS, JavaScript — no frameworks, pure vanilla
- Chrome Extensions API (Manifest V3)
chrome.storage.sync— cross-device syncchrome.storage.local— local fallback + API key storagechrome.alarms— background auto-save every 5 minuteschrome.scripting— page content extraction for AI summarieschrome.tabs— live tab event listeners (onCreated, onRemoved, onUpdated, onActivated)- Claude / Gemini / GPT-4o / Groq APIs — all AI features route through background.js to avoid CORS
- 🐛 Fixed Gemini false "quota exceeded" error — updated to gemini-2.5-flash-lite model
- 🐛 Fixed closed tabs not being removed from groups after browser restart
- 🐛 Added proper 400/401/403 error messages for all AI providers
- 🐛 Fixed Groq and OpenAI error ordering
- 🐛 Fixed tab removal from groups using URL fallback matching
- 🐛 Fixed Gemini empty response causing false quota error
- 🎉 Initial public release
- ✨ AI Auto-Grouping, Research Comparator, Focus Mode, Session Save
- ✨ Multi-provider AI support (Claude, Gemini, GPT-4o, Groq)
- ✨ Tab Health Score, onboarding flow, device sync
- Chrome Web Store listing ✅
- Tab Collapse — collapse all tabs into a list, restore individually (coming in v4.1)
- Tab grouping with Chrome's native tab groups API
- Export research comparison as PDF
- Scheduled focus sessions with timer
- Collaborative sessions — share tab lists with teammates
- Browser history integration
Contributions are welcome! Feel free to:
- Report bugs by opening an issue
- Suggest features via issues
- Submit pull requests
MIT License — free to use, modify and distribute.
If Claritab helped you, consider giving it a ⭐ on GitHub!
Made with ❤️ by a student from Pune, India 🇮🇳