Hey everyone!
I was getting frustrated with popular browser extensions getting bloated, tracking history, or breaking/losing data during Manifest V3 updates. So, I built Session Sidekick.
It's a lightweight sidebar extension for Chrome and Brave that does two things in one panel:
Local Session Snapshots: Save your active tab workspaces with 1-click, search them in real-time, and edit session names. All data stays in your local browser storage (chrome.storage.local). Tab Sleeping (RAM Saver): Uses the browser's native tabs.discard API to put background tabs in your workspace to "sleep," returning memory back to your PC instantly. Why I made it this way:
100% Local: No cloud backends, no tracking analytics, and works fully offline. "Cozy Sketchbook" UI: I was tired of slick, clinical AI/SaaS dark-themes. I went with a warm paper-cream theme, wobbly hand-drawn borders, and flat shadows to give it a human, tactile feel. I currently run this locally on my own setup. If there is enough interest, I would be happy to upload it to a public GitHub repository so everyone can download and use it for free!
Let me know what you think!
8 Comments
running_system@feddit.org · 6 pts · 38d
Why is my slop alarm going off?
Balinares@pawb.social · 1 pts · 38d
The AI tabs in the screenshot are a bit of a giveaway.
Oisann@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 38d
i made it like that to not look like ai cause everything now any type of weird ui or different ui is now considered ai
Oisann@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 38d
here another version to make it better for ya'll to not look like ai cause idk why every style feels like ai to everything
kuerbiskernoel@feddit.org · 1 pts · 34d
I don't mind that you wrote it with AI, it's a cool extension. It basically already exists though (Simple Tab Groups, can recommend).
Oisann@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 18d
ah i see thanks for the reminder then
Feddinat0r@feddit.org · 1 pts · 38d
We need more drawn things
Oisann@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 38d
could you explain more please