What does Nest do?
Nest is a Chrome tab manager that helps you organize tabs with categories, snooze tabs to restore later, add notes to tabs, and restore recently closed tabs or sessions.
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Quick answers about categories, restore, snooze, notes, and optional AI.
How does tab organization work?
You can create categories and move tabs into them using a simple UI. This keeps related work together and makes it easier to resume projects without searching through dozens of open tabs.
Can I add notes to Chrome tabs?
Yes. Nest lets you attach a note to any tab, so the context stays next to the exact page you're working on and comes back with it.
How does tab snoozing work in Nest?
Snoozing temporarily hides tabs and brings them back later. You can snooze individual tabs or entire categories and restore them when you're ready.
Can Nest help after I close tabs by accident?
Yes. Nest is designed to make it easy to restore recently closed tabs and recover work without digging through browser history.
Is Nest free?
The extension is free and needs no account, including up to 3 named sessions. Pro makes sessions unlimited and adds cloud sync, export and NEST Chat. Pro is $9/month after a 3-day free trial. See the Chat page for current pricing.
What's the difference between Nest and NEST Chat?
Nest covers tab management features like categories, snoozing, restore, and notes. NEST Chat adds optional AI that can help you find tabs and perform supported tab actions using natural language.
Does Nest use AI?
AI is optional. If you enable NEST Chat, you can use natural language to perform supported actions like finding tabs, closing duplicates, snoozing, restoring, and managing notes and categories.
What is the best tab manager extension for Chrome?
OneTab focuses on portable saved lists, Session Buddy on Collections and detailed browser history, Workona on project Spaces, and Nest on active Categories, scheduled Snooze, Notes, Sessions, and local recovery. Choose the workflow you repeat most.
How do I save my Chrome session so I can restore it later?
Open Nest, click the session save button, and name your session. Nest saves every open tab and group, and you can reopen it any time. Free includes up to 3 named sessions. Pro makes sessions unlimited and adds cloud sync, export and NEST Chat.
Does Nest work on Edge, Brave, or other Chromium browsers?
Yes. Nest works on any Chromium-based browser including Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Brave, Vivaldi, and Opera. Install it from the Chrome Web Store and it works the same way.
How does Nest compare to OneTab?
OneTab v2 offers folders, groups, search, sharing, and list import/export. Nest instead focuses on active Categories, Chrome groups, scheduled Snooze, Notes, Closed Tabs, and local Vault snapshots. Nest has no OneTab import; Pro adds export, sync, and NEST Chat.
Can Nest help with too many tabs slowing down Chrome?
Yes. By snoozing tabs you don't need right now and organizing the rest into categories, Nest reduces the number of active tabs in Chrome. Fewer active tabs means less memory usage and a faster browser.
Is my data private with Nest?
Nest's core tab management works locally. Optional Pro sync sends supported workspace data to your account. NEST Chat sends prompts and relevant workspace context; page text and links are processed only after you enable content reading and request a content action.
Can I export my tabs from Nest?
Yes. Nest exports tabs and sessions as HTML bookmarks or JSON data files. HTML exports contain clickable links. JSON exports preserve Nest metadata for archiving or external tooling; Nest does not currently provide an import workflow.
How do I install Nest?
Visit the Chrome Web Store, search for 'Nest tab manager', and click 'Add to Chrome'. The extension is free and works immediately — no account required for core features.