Chromium Extension

Install Recent Tabs and switch browser tabs by real usage order

Recent Tabs tracks your most recently used tabs, lets you jump back with one shortcut, and restores recently closed tabs without sending browsing data anywhere.

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MRU tab switching

Jump back through tabs in the order you actually used them, not fixed left-to-right order.

Recently closed restore

Open the popup and restore the exact tab or window you closed a moment ago.

Shortcut friendly

Default shortcuts work out of the box and can be remapped from Chrome shortcut settings.

Local only

Recent tab history stays inside the browser extension. No account, no sync, no tracking.

Install in 5 steps

1. Install workspace dependencies
```
pnpm install
```
2. Build the extension
```
pnpm --filter extension build
```
3. Open chrome://extensions
Turn on Developer Mode in the top-right corner.
4. Click Load unpacked
Select apps/extension/dist from this repo.
5. Set your preferred shortcuts
Open chrome://extensions/shortcuts and remap the command if the default conflicts with your setup.

Available stores

Chrome Web Store

Default shortcuts

Switch to the previous tab

Windows/Linux: Ctrl+Shift+V

macOS: ⇧⌘V

Open the Recent Tabs popup

Windows/Linux: Ctrl+Shift+U

macOS: ⇧⌘U

Current browser target

This build targets Chrome and other Chromium browsers that support Manifest V3. Chrome is the primary target. Edge and Brave should work with the same unpacked build. Firefox is not included in this first implementation.