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The best Tab Manager alternative to Franz is Station, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Franz and three of them are Tab Managers so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Tab Manager alternatives to Franz are Freeter and SpaceDeck Browser.

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Station
116 likes
Station is the first open-source smart browser for busy people. A single place for all of your web applications.
34 Station alternatives
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (Apache-2.0)
Application typeApplication types
Application Launcher
Web Browser
Origin
France
EU
Alerts
Discontinued
Platforms
Mac
Linux
Microsoft Edge
Google Chrome
Brave
France
EU
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Discontinued
The website is unavailable and the project no longer appears to be maintained.
Station vs Franz Comments
Positive comment by Guest · Apr 18, 2019
Beautiful design and more easy to configure, right. A lot of apps, right. But, no languages support (only english) and really not consume less ram. On my test : 4 services connected on both (Franz and Station), Station takes about 2,1 Go of Ram ! Franz consume 700 mo. In comparision, I have also 30 opened tabs in Chrome and it consume about 1 Go of my Ram.
Positive comment by Guest · Aug 29, 2018
400+ apps. Very modern design. It has also a notifications manager.
Positive comment by Guest · Dec 19, 2019
Had the services I wanted that Franz didn't, even with its recipes some apps were impossible to add.
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Station is Free and Open SourceFranz is Freemium and Proprietary
Station is an Application Launchers Franz is an Instant Messenger
Freeter
32 likes
The smartest way to work on your computer. Freeter is a productivity app that allows you to gather everything you need for work in one place, organized by projects and workflows, and have a quick access to them.
285 Freeter alternatives
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Application typeApplication types
Todo List Manager
Task Management
Origin
Germany
EU
Platforms
Mac
Windows
Linux
Germany
EU
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SpaceDeck Browser
1 like
A macOS browser for people who hold more than one account of the same service. Gmail, Slack, Notion and Claude each run in an isolated space, so three work inboxes stay open side by side instead of taking turns.
Cost / License
Freemium
Proprietary
Application type
Instant Messenger
Platforms
Mac
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