15:I[981,["511","static/chunks/511-fc0d2f24caf5741b.js","183","static/chunks/183-6beeeb801c274aaa.js","474","static/chunks/app/%5Btype%5D/layout-347af3707a752b1a.js"],"Posts"] 16:T6aa,Ola HN!

Like many of you, I live inside my browser. Chrome tabs are my research notes, my backlog, my ideas-in-progress… but also my biggest nightmare.

At some point, I realized my tabs were my second brain — except I couldn’t recall anything from it. Finding “that one brilliant article I just had open” became a daily ritual of frustration.

So I hacked together TabX: a Chrome extension that treats your browsing sessions as searchable knowledge, instead of clutter.

Here’s what it does:

1. Real-time tab indexing → Search across open tabs title, URL, or even page content instantly .

2. Privacy-first → All data stays on your machine. No servers, no trackers, no phoning home.

3. Works across multiple Chrome windows → Your search is referenced across all tabs open across all Chrome windows

4. Works for Incognito windows as well

5. Auto Highlight and Scroll → Upon shifting focus to your target tab, TabX scroll to the page section containing your search keyword and highlight it as well (works for pages with simple HTML structures for now)

I’ve been dogfooding it for weeks and my productivity shot up — no more “where the hell did I read that?” moments.

Think of it as Ctrl/Cmd+F on steroids!

TabX just went live on the Chrome Web Store -> https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/tabx/bdmeibkfombnjp...

I’d love your feedback:

What would make this indispensable for developers, researchers, or founders?

What integrations/workflows would you want next?

Thanks Yash

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