Station
Station is the first open-source smart browser for busy people. A single place for all of your web applications.
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Microsoft Edge
- Google Chrome
- Brave
Features
- Instant Messaging
- App integration
- Tab Manager
- Slack client
- Ad-free
- Team Collaboration
- Application Launchers
- Integrated Search
- Knowledge Management
- Open API
- Live Push Notifications
- Team Messaging
Station News & Activities
Recent News
Recent activities
- Maahantuoja liked Station
Extropista added Station as alternative to Zen Browser
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Station information
Developed by
StationLicensing
Open Source (Apache-2.0) and Free product.Written in
Rating
Average rating of 3.5Alternatives
28 alternatives listedSupported Languages
- English
AlternativeTo Categories
Web Browsers, Office & Productivity, Social & Communications, OS & Utilities, Remote Work & EducationGitHub repository
- 1,399 Stars
- 207 Forks
- 88 Open Issues
- Updated Sep 9, 2024
What is Station?
Lost in tabs? Stay organized with the smart dock. Station automatically groups your pages by application. Your workspace is cleaner than ever, finding what you need is easy.
Context-switching is a pain? Multitask like a beast with the quick switch. An easy central way to search across your apps and pages. Any document, to-do list, spreadsheet or conversation is just a click away!
Getting distracted easily? Get stuff done with the focus mode. Decide when and which applications should send you notifications. Get your best work done away from distractions.
Page autosleep We intelligently sleep applications so that slow-downs remain a thing of the past.
Multi-account Log into multiple accounts at the same time, without any hassle.
Chrome extensions 1Password, Mixmax, Gmelius, Clearbit and Mailtracker are already supported. Dozens incoming.
Comments and Reviews
Station is a good app. Similar to alternatives Franz and Rambox - all of them are basically beefed up, specialized Electron-based browsers.
So the upside is a great cross-platform "browsing" (web viewing) experience (Electron is based off Chromium), the downside is memory and CPU consumption.
Compared to its alternatives, Station aims to be more than just a unified chat app, and has a few extra features such as 'apps' (the currently underutilized option to add special functionality to each site), subpages and separately toggled notifications for each app.
It's a great next step in the evolution of the Web - since webpages turned into web apps that need to be open all the time just like regular desktop apps, web browsers fell behind with functionality. They are trying to keep up (e.g. container tabs coming in Firefox or we already have pinned tabs), but they are still primarily tailored for browsing and not work, despite the fact that many people primarily do their work inside web apps.
Station lets you focus on the work part and keep the web browser for actually finding and viewing new content. No more opening-closing-checking-reloading-forgetting etc.
At the moment of this writing, Station is a new startup that recently got funded to develop into a more mature app. The company is still in its infancy, the app is free (but not open-source) and the exact way of its future monetization is unknown. Hopefully it will become a successful product with a nice community that both individuals and businesses will happily use.
A good (and free) alternative to Shift, however it was difficult to trade using the application at the expense of horrible performance, hundreds of JS error threads and a staggering 850MB in ram at fresh start. The application is a customization of BrowserX and although the interface is nice and polished, you still feel you are using a browser and not an actual app.
This app certainly has potential, but developers seem to be ignoring the most requested feature, simply because they don't want to add it. What messaging app doesn't have 'minimize to tray' or 'close to tray' or 'alt-f4 closes application' functionality in today's world?
Hard pass. Great intention, poor implementation
Efficient, privacy-respecting, open-source
No need to unmount!!!
The horse seems not to be dead yet.
A new Version of Station (v2.1.0) has been released on May 06, 2023.
Waiting for macOS version ....
This application is no longer being maintained. Outdated enough that it will not connect to many services
A good open-source alternative for privacy-focused workspace management.