Privacy

Last updated: 2026-10-26

TabLodge is built to keep your data on your device. In short: no data leaves your device, and nothing is collected.

What TabLodge does not do

No accounts, servers or cloud sync. TabLodge has no backend.
No analytics, telemetry, crash reporting or advertising.
No network requests of its own. All code, styles, fonts and icons are bundled in the extension; nothing is loaded from a CDN.
No website access. TabLodge requests no host permissions, injects no content scripts and never reads page contents.
No sale or sharing of data with anyone.

What TabLodge stores, and where

Everything is stored locally in your browser profile:

Extension storage (chrome.storage.local, key tablodge.state): your saved sessions (tab titles, URLs, notes, pinned, tab-group and split-view info), folders, bookmark columns and bookmarks, settings, and excluded websites.
Extension storage (uiTheme) and the extension's localStorage (tablodge.uiTheme): your Light, Dark or System appearance choice, and a copy used to paint each page in the right theme before it loads.
Recovery data (extension storage): rolling snapshots of your open windows for crash recovery, automatic and safety backups, the trash bin, and short-lived Undo copies (kept for two minutes). Snapshots skip private windows and excluded websites.

TabLodge reads tab details (URL, title, pinned state, tab group, window) only when you save a session, check for duplicates or restore. It reads your browser bookmarks only when you explicitly import them. Site icons come from the browser's own local favicon cache.

Data stays until you delete it: delete individual items, use Settings › Data to erase sessions, bookmarks or both, or remove the extension (the browser then deletes its storage). Exported JSON, HTML and full-backup ZIP files are not encrypted and stay under your control; keep them private if their URLs, titles or notes are sensitive.

When you restore a session or open a bookmark, your browser loads those web pages as usual, and those sites see a normal visit. TabLodge itself sends nothing to them.

Permissions

Permission	Used for
`tabs`	Reading tab URLs, titles and placement to save sessions; opening tabs to restore them.
`tabGroups`	Saving and recreating native tab groups.
`bookmarks`	Importing your browser bookmarks, only when you ask.
`favicon`	Showing site icons from the browser's local cache.
`storage, unlimitedStorage`	Keeping your data in local extension storage without the default size cap.
`contextMenus`	Optional right-click save and bookmark actions.
`clipboardWrite`	Copying bookmark URLs and session links when you ask.
`sidePanel`	The optional bookmark list in the browser's Side Panel.
`search`	Running a web search with your default engine, only when you choose "Search the web".
`alarms`	Scheduling crash-recovery snapshots, automatic backups and trash bin cleanup.
`downloads (optional)`	Saving backup copies to your Downloads folder, only if you turn that on; turning it off gives the permission back.

This website

This site (tablodge.bbay.dev) is a static page with no analytics, cookies or third-party scripts. It is hosted on GitHub Pages, which, like any web host, may keep ordinary server logs; see GitHub's privacy statement. Downloads are served by GitHub Releases.

Contact

Questions or concerns: open an issue on GitHub.