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The best Tab Manager alternative to Franz is Station, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't work for you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Franz, but unfortunately only two of them are Tab Managers.

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Franz alternatives page was last updated Jun 11, 2026

Station
114 likes
Station is the first open-source smart browser for busy people. A single place for all of your web applications.
28 Station alternatives
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (Apache-2.0)
Application types
Application Launcher
Web Browser
Origin
France
EU
Alerts
Discontinued
Platforms
Mac
Windows
Linux
Microsoft Edge
Google Chrome
Brave
+1
Is Station a good alternative to Franz?

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Station vs Franz Comments

Guest
Positive commentApr 18, 2019
3
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.
Review by a new / low-activity user.
Guest
Positive commentAug 29, 2018
0
400+ apps. Very modern design. It has also a notifications manager.
Review by a new / low-activity user.
Guest
Positive commentDec 19, 2019
0
Had the services I wanted that Franz didn't, even with its recipes some apps were impossible to add.
Review by a new / low-activity user.
3 of 4 comments
Station is Free and Open SourceFranz is Freemium and Proprietary
Freeter
31 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.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Application types
Todo List Manager
Task Management
Origin
Germany
EU
Platforms
Mac
Windows
Linux
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