Tabnora alien, your tab keeper
macOS · Chrome

Feed your tabs.
We'll remember them.

A soft little creature that lives on your desktop, eats the tabs you're not ready to lose, and gives them back when you ask.

Download for macOS

Free · macOS 13+ · Apple Silicon & Intel

Alien eagerly eating a tab
01

Feed it.

Drag a Chrome tab onto the alien. It opens its mouth, swallows the link whole — URL gone from your bar, kept somewhere safe.

Alien sleeping contentedly
02

Forget it.

The alien holds it. No cloud. No account. Just a little creature on your desktop that remembers the things you didn't want to lose.

Happy alien returning a tab
03

Find it.

Tap the alien. Your history appears. One click and the tab is back in Chrome, right where you left off.

how it works

three moments,
then it clicks.

  1. 01

    install the alien

    Download Tabnora and add the Chrome extension. Two clicks, thirty seconds. The alien appears on your desktop — yours to keep.

  2. 02

    drop a tab

    Drag any Chrome tab onto the alien. It opens its mouth and swallows the link whole. The tab disappears from your bar. The alien smiles.

  3. 03

    get it back

    Click the alien. Your whole history is there. Pick any tab — it reopens in Chrome. No searching. No bookmarks. Just ask the alien.

Tabnora alien floating on a macOS desktop next to a browser window

There it is. Floating next to whatever you're reading.

Your tabs never leave your Mac.

Good questions.

What does Tabnora actually do?

It's a small macOS app that floats on your desktop as a cute alien. You drag Chrome tabs onto it, the alien "eats" them — closing the tab in Chrome and remembering the URL. You can reopen any eaten tab at any time by clicking the alien and picking from your history.

Does it work with Safari or Firefox?

V1 supports Chrome only. The alien speaks Chrome through a tiny browser extension that handles the drag-and-drop. Safari and Firefox support are on the list for later.

Where are my tabs stored?

Locally, in a small database on your Mac. No account needed. No sync. No cloud. If you delete the app, your history file stays until you choose to remove it.

Is it free?

The first 10 feeds are free, no strings attached. After that, a one-time $9 unlocks unlimited feeding on this Mac. No subscription, all future updates included. The unlock is per device — if you use Tabnora on more than one Mac, each is its own adoption. Early adopters lock in the price.

Does Tabnora send anything to a server?

No. Tab URLs, titles, and your history live on your Mac and never leave it. The only optional exception: anonymous usage stats — off by default, opt-in only, and they never include URLs, titles, or domains. Just event counts like "a tab was fed." You control it in Settings.

What macOS version do I need?

macOS 13 Ventura or later. Apple Silicon and Intel both work.

Happy alien ready to eat your tabs

Don't lose your next tab.

Drop it on the alien. It'll keep it safe.

Download for macOS

Free · macOS 13+ · Apple Silicon & Intel