---
title: "BetterTabs: Side Panel Tab Manager – Chrome extension stats, history and permissions"
description: "4 users, no ratings yet. Version 1.7.1, updated 2026-11-12. Requests 6 permissions."
url: "https://extensiontracker.com/extension/gghmnehinhdlfcppjgaaokgiloppniep"
---

# BetterTabs: Side Panel Tab Manager

Live in the Chrome Web Store.

- Users: 4
- Rating: no ratings yet
- Last checked: 2026-11-13 05:47 UTC
- Users gained in 7 days: – (needs a week of history)
- Users gained in 30 days: – (needs a month of history)
- Rank by users: #233,153 of 292,125 live extensions
- Rank in Workflow & Planning: #39,839 of 49,295

## The listing

What the Chrome Web Store shows, as of the last check.

Summary from the listing:

> Tab manager in Chrome's side panel: group tabs by site, search, suspend and save them. Private, no account.

- Extension ID: `gghmnehinhdlfcppjgaaokgiloppniep`
- Developer: [Rohit Kundliwal](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/u6dae0155f1719e973cb53f61ee62fa8a)
- Enhanced Safe Browsing: Not trusted ([what this means](https://extensiontracker.com/enhanced-safe-browsing))
- Category: [Productivity › Workflow & Planning](https://extensiontracker.com/category/productivity/workflow)
- First published: 2026-11-03
- Last updated: 2026-11-12
- Version: `1.7.1`
- Size: 37.24 KiB
- Minimum Chrome: 121
- Languages (1): English
- Website: `bettertabs.fyi`
- Support page: `https://github.com/MXmaster2s/BetterTabs/issues`
- Chrome Web Store: <https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/bettertabs-side-panel-tab/gghmnehinhdlfcppjgaaokgiloppniep>
- View its code or download CRX: <https://crxpeek.com/extension/gghmnehinhdlfcppjgaaokgiloppniep>
- Search Google for the ID: <https://www.google.com/search?q=%22gghmnehinhdlfcppjgaaokgiloppniep%22&tbs=li:1>

## Users over time

One row per check, newest first, as shown on the Chrome Web Store.

| Checked | Users | Rating | Ratings |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 2026-11-13 | 4 | – | – |
| 2026-11-10 | 3 | – | – |
| 2026-11-05 | – | – | – |
| 2026-11-04 | – | – | – |

## What changed

Every change found on a check, newest first.

- 2026-11-13: New version `1.7.1`, replacing `1.7.0`.
- 2026-11-13: Added the permission `history`.
- 2026-11-05: New version `1.7.0`, replacing `1.6.0`.
- 2026-11-05: Renamed from “BetterTabs” to “BetterTabs: Side Panel Tab Manager”.
- 2026-11-05: The summary on the listing changed.

## Developer history

Moves to another publisher account and new contact emails, newest first.

No move to another account and no new contact email since tracking began on 2026-11-04.

We know contact emails only by a keyed hash, so they're never shown. Recent changes: [Account and contact changes](https://extensiontracker.com/owners/).

## What it can access

From the extension's manifest, in plain language.

### Browser features

- `favicon`: Read the icons of sites you visit
- `history`: Read and change your browsing history
- `sidePanel`: Show a side panel
- `storage`: Save settings and data in your browser
- `tabGroups`: Manage your tab groups
- `tabs`: Read the addresses and titles of your tabs

## About this data

Collected from the extension's public Chrome Web Store listing. It's checked again 7 and 30 days after it was published, and again whenever a new version appears. Last checked 2026-11-13 05:47 UTC; next check around 2026-12-03.

How the data is collected: <https://extensiontracker.com/methodology>.

## Cite this page

Extension Tracker. “BetterTabs: Side Panel Tab Manager” (gghmnehinhdlfcppjgaaokgiloppniep). Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-11-13. https://extensiontracker.com/extension/gghmnehinhdlfcppjgaaokgiloppniep. Accessed 2026-11-13.

```bibtex
@misc{extensiontracker_gghmnehinhdlfcppjgaaokgiloppniep,
  title   = {BetterTabs: Side Panel Tab Manager (gghmnehinhdlfcppjgaaokgiloppniep)},
  author  = {{Extension Tracker}},
  year    = {2026},
  note    = {Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-11-13},
  url     = {https://extensiontracker.com/extension/gghmnehinhdlfcppjgaaokgiloppniep},
  urldate = {2026-11-13}
}
```

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