Alternatives to Toby
Visual tab manager that organises links into collections on the new tab page. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
Toby
Visual tab manager that organises links into collections on the new tab page.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as Toby.
Workona
Organises tabs into per-project workspaces that sync across devices.
Workona organises tabs into per-project workspaces that sync and can be shared with colleagues, suspends unused tabs, and also requires an account with paid tiers.
OneTab
Collapses open tabs into a single list you can restore later.
OneTab collapses tabs into a plain restorable list with no account needed, is free but closed source, and lacks a visual new tab page.
Session Buddy
Manages tabs and bookmarks as saved, searchable sessions.
Session Buddy saves tabs as searchable sessions with crash recovery, is free with no account, but runs only in Chromium browsers.
Tab Session Manager
Saves and restores window and tab sessions, with optional cloud sync.
Tab Session Manager is free and open source under MPL-2.0, saves sessions automatically and syncs through Google Drive rather than its own servers.
Tab Stash
Stashes batches of tabs away as ordinary bookmarks.
Tab Stash stores tab batches as ordinary bookmarks with no account, is open source under GPL-3.0, but works only in Firefox.
Also worth comparing
These listings name Toby as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.
Bonjourr
A minimalist, customizable new tab page for the browser with photo backgrounds and optional widgets.
Toby turns the new tab page into visual collections of saved links, but it requires an account, stores data on its servers, and charges for team features.
Momentum
Replaces the new tab page with a photo, a focus and a to-do list.
Toby turns the new tab page into visual link collections for project workflows instead of a photo, daily focus and to-do list; it also requires an account.
Raindrop.io
Bookmark manager with collections, tags, full-text search and previews.
Toby organises links into visual collections on the new tab page, suited to opening project groups, but it is extension-only and lacks apps for every platform.
Tabliss
Customisable new tab page with no account and no tracking.
Toby turns the new tab page into visual link collections, requires an account storing collections on its servers, and charges for team and advanced features.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
Sidebery
Vertical tab tree and bookmarks sidebar with container support.
Tab Wrangler
Chrome and Firefox extension that automatically closes tabs you have not used and keeps them for restoring.
