Mono Tab | ADHD-Friendly Chrome Tab Manager for Focus

Q: What is an ADHD tab manager for Chrome?

An ADHD tab manager helps reduce visual tab overload by limiting open tabs and organizing everything else for later. Mono Tab does this by keeping one tab active and parking the rest automatically, so it is easier to stay on the task you chose.

Q: Is Mono Tab free?

Focus Mode works immediately after install, no strings attached. To unlock Pro features like Smart Grouping, Pin Tabs, Quick Search, and History Search, just share Mono Tab with 2 friends. Help spread the word and you get everything, forever. You can also support the project with a small donation to unlock Pro instantly.

You have too many tabs open right now.

"I've got 47 tabs and can't find anything"

Each open tab is a tiny decision your brain has to track. For many people (especially with ADHD), tab overload drains working memory and focus. You're not browsing. You're juggling.

"I opened Chrome to do one thing..."

...and 40 minutes later you're reading about alpacas. Every tab is an invitation to context-switch. Each switch costs you 23 minutes of recovery time. That's not a productivity problem. It's an environment problem.

"Chrome is eating all my RAM"

Every open tab consumes memory, CPU, and battery. 30 tabs can use 4+ GB of RAM. Your laptop fans spin up. Everything slows down. And for what? Tabs you opened three days ago and forgot about.

Your browser needs a bouncer.

One active tab. Everything else parked.

Mono Tab is the simplest Chrome tab manager. Toggle it on and focus.

Toggle Focus Mode

One click in the side panel. Mono Tab instantly parks every tab except the one you're looking at.

Browse with calm

New tabs are intercepted and parked automatically. You stay on one page at a time. No clutter, no temptation.

Retrieve when ready

All your parked tabs are organized by date. Search, pin the important ones, or dismiss what you don't need.

Built for focus, not tab hoarding

Focus Mode that actually enforces

Other tab managers save your tabs. Mono Tab keeps you honest. When Focus Mode is on, only one tab stays open. New tabs from links, Ctrl+T, or the address bar are automatically parked. No willpower required.

Q4 Marketing Plan — Google Docs

FOCUS MODE ON · 5 TABS PARKED

Tabs organized by when you used them

No folders to configure. No categories to maintain. Parked tabs are automatically grouped into Today, Yesterday, This Week, and Older. Your most recent context is always at the top.

Today

Figma — Homepage redesign

Stripe Dashboard

Yesterday

GitHub — Pull request #142

This Week

Notion — Product roadmap

ADHD-friendly and local-first.

No cloud sync for your tabs. Core focus features work without an account. Tab data stays in Chrome's local storage on your machine, and Pro unlock uses a minimal entitlement check only. Mono Tab is designed to reduce tab overwhelm without adding more noise or decision fatigue.

Data stays on your device

✓ No cloud sync · ✓ No accounts · ✓ No tracking

✓ No API keys · ✓ No analytics · ✓ Open source

Feature	Mono Tab	OneTab	Others
One-tab-at-a-time enforcement	✓	✗	✗
ADHD-friendly tab overload control	✓	✗	Some
Auto-park new tabs	✓	✗	Some
Smart date grouping	✓	✗	Some
History integration	✓	✗	Some
100% local / no cloud	✓	✓	Varies
No account required	✓	✓	✗
Pin / favorite tabs	✓	✗	Some
Free to unlock (share or donate)	✓	✓	✗

What focused browsers are saying

"I used to have 60+ tabs open and feel guilty about it. Mono Tab removed the guilt by removing the tabs. Now I actually finish articles instead of collecting them."

Early beta user

"Finally an extension that doesn't just save my tabs — it stops me from hoarding them in the first place."

Developer
ADHD, self-diagnosed tab hoarder

"The privacy angle sold me. After The Great Suspender got flagged as malware, I don't trust extensions that phone home. Mono Tab stays local."

Security-conscious user

"I went from 'where was that tab?' 50 times a day to just... searching in the side panel. My laptop fan stopped running constantly."

Freelance designer

Questions? Answers.

How do I keep only one tab open in Chrome?

Install Mono Tab from the Chrome Web Store. When you toggle Focus Mode on, Mono Tab automatically parks all tabs except the one you're viewing. New tabs are intercepted and parked too. You browse one page at a time — everything else is saved for later.

Is Mono Tab safe? Does it collect my data?

Mono Tab keeps tab management data local on your device with no cloud sync of your tabs. Core focus features work without an account. If you enter a Pro unlock code, Mono Tab makes a minimal entitlement check to confirm access. We do not sell browsing data or run advertising trackers.

What is the best OneTab alternative for focus?

If you want strict one-tab-at-a-time behavior, Mono Tab is a strong OneTab alternative. OneTab is great for collapsing tabs into a list, while Mono Tab actively keeps you focused by auto-parking new tabs and reducing tab overload as you browse.

How is Mono Tab different from OneTab?

OneTab collapses all your tabs into a list that you manage manually. Mono Tab enforces one-tab-at-a-time browsing — it actively keeps your browser focused by parking new tabs automatically. It also groups saved tabs by recency (Today, Yesterday, This Week), integrates your browsing history, and runs entirely locally with zero cloud dependency.

Will I lose my tabs if I close Chrome?

No. All parked tabs are persisted in Chrome's local storage. They survive browser restarts, crashes, and computer reboots. Your tabs are always there when you come back.

What is an ADHD tab manager for Chrome?

An ADHD tab manager helps reduce visual overload and context switching by limiting open tabs and organizing everything else. Mono Tab keeps one tab active and auto-parks the rest, so your browser supports attention instead of constantly pulling it away.

Does Mono Tab help with ADHD?

Many users with ADHD find Mono Tab helpful because it removes the visual overwhelm of multiple open tabs and enforces single-tasking. Instead of 40 tabs competing for your attention, you see one page. Everything else is parked and organized, ready when you need it. It's not a medical tool — but it changes the environment so your brain can focus on one thing.

Is Mono Tab free?

Focus Mode (the core feature) works immediately after install, no strings attached. To unlock Pro features like Smart Grouping, Pin Tabs, Quick Search, and History Search, just share Mono Tab with 2 friends. That's it. Help spread the word and you get everything, forever. If you'd rather skip the sharing, you can also support the project with a small donation.

Can I still open multiple tabs when I need to?

Yes. Focus Mode is a toggle. Turn it off when you need to research across multiple tabs. Turn it back on when you're ready to focus. You're in control — Mono Tab just makes single-tasking the default instead of the exception.

What permissions does Mono Tab need?

Four permissions: tabs (to read tab URLs and titles), storage (to save your parked tabs locally), sidePanel (for the UI), and history (to integrate recent browsing history). No network permissions. No access to page content. No "read and change all your data on all websites."

One tab. Total focus.