Tabfolio and Session Buddy
Session Buddy saves and restores whole sessions, keeps a history of your windows for crash recovery, and organizes saved tabs into collections. Tabfolio focuses on the tabs you have open now, shown as cards, with Spaces for the ones you’ll come back to.
As of October 2026. Details about Session Buddy come from its Chrome Web Store listing and website, listed below.
At a glance
| Feature | Tabfolio | Session Buddy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free, no paid tier | Free; all features, no account |
| Account | None | None |
| Where data lives | Chrome’s local storage on your computer | On your device |
| Main idea | A full page of every open tab, plus saved Spaces | Save, restore and browse sessions, collections and tab history |
| Recovering closed tabs | Undo, plus seven days of safety copies before close, save and move actions | Automatic history of windows and tabs, including after a crash |
| Search | Open tabs and Spaces together | Open tabs, collections and tab history, with advanced query syntax |
| Import and export | JSON backup; imports OneTab, Toby, Workona and bookmark files (new in v0.14.0) | 15+ formats, including text, JSON, CSV, Markdown and HTML |
| Sync | Through a folder you already sync (new in v0.14.0) | None today; its listing says opt-in cloud storage is planned |
| Store download size | 177 KiB | 845 KiB |
How they differ
Session Buddy is a session manager first: it records your windows over time so you can go back to how things were. Tabfolio’s recovery is narrower on purpose: Undo, plus short-lived safety copies taken before Tabfolio closes, saves or moves tabs.
Tabfolio shows open tabs as cards with each page’s preview image, grouped by window or by site, and flags duplicate and idle tabs.
Both keep data on your computer and need no account.
When to choose Session Buddy instead
- You want an automatic record of your sessions, so you can restore windows after a crash or find a tab from last Friday.
- You move links between tools often and want many import, export and copy formats.
- You keep very large libraries of saved tabs and bookmarks.
- You want restores that bring back window positions, pinned tabs and incognito state.
When Tabfolio fits better
- You want to see and tidy what is open right now, with previews and grouping by site.
- You want named shelves for later, including locked ones that never empty.
- You want sync across computers through a folder you already use.
Sources
Checked on October 28, 2026. Products change; check each listing for the latest.
Session Buddy is a trademark of its owner. Tabfolio is not affiliated with it.