TidyTabs
Elevate desktop productivity with tabbed functionality across applications. TidyTabs integrates seamlessly with Windows, allowing tab organization, reordering, and renaming. It supports various applications like Explorer and Office, working with AquaSnap for window snapping and tiling.
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Features
Properties
- Customizable
Features
- Portable
- Support for Multiple Monitors
- Rule-based auto-grouping
- Support for Keyboard Shortcuts
- Rule based
- Tab Manager
- Tabbed browsing
- Tab preview
- Tabbed interface
- Window organizer
Tags
- Productivity Tool
- auto-hide
- Tabs
TidyTabs News & Activities
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What is TidyTabs?
TidyTabs is a tool that brings tabbed browsing to all your programs. Ever wanted to have Chrome-style tabs in Windows Explorer, Microsoft Office or PuTTY? TidyTabs does just that. It integrates nicely with the OS and you will feel like the multi-tab functionality is a core part of Windows.
TidyTabs has been designed to interoperate nicely with AquaSnap, from the same author. Tabbed groups created with TidyTabs can easily be snapped, docked and tilled thanks to AquaSnap. Both tools are in fact very complementary and can permit you to achieve a major productivity boost.
Key features:
- Add tabs to every windows
- Possibility to group windows from different applications
- Possibility to exclude applications (blacklist or whitelist)
- Tab reordering
- Tab renaming
- Automatic updates
TidyTabs information
Developed by
Nurgo Software Licensing
Proprietary and Free Personal product.Pricing
One time purchase (perpetual license) ranging between $29 and $899.Rating
Average rating of 3.3Alternatives
15 alternatives listedSupported Languages
- English
Comments and Reviews
Absolutely brilliant. Works with everything (except excel 2007 -bizarre malfunctions but at least it shows what files are open) (I'm using dozens of apps on Win8.1 on 3 monitors). Simple to set up (read the help links). Worth the $9. Wish I'd installed it years ago. Don't leave home without it. :-)
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Tested free portable version Very frustrating for first hour or so, trying to mount groups 60 minute (yes minutes) all-features trial with free edition ... is not long enough
Free edition is crippled from the start:
saving an orphan doc in a group of orphans dumps all remaining orphans from the original group
PROS: worth trialing the free version for several days/weeks, despite limitations orphans + existing files are all recognized by TidyTabs is worth a try, it might not suit everybody renaming tabs is a god send (only in PRO) $9 usd is a reasonable price (IMO)
CONS: Always on top problem (my experience) is pest ... always on top is more important for me
2 stars for free version
Invisible tabs form on the upper left corner of windows. You slide one window by the tab to the other window's tab and they join to make a group that will last until you close the window, tabs, or restart.. though you can get the profession version and predefine groups that will last. Quirk: tried to install in an odd folder.
It's so called "free" version is just a trial. I started the thing up and the first thing I got was a massive nag screen telling you to select a version, with the only option that does try to get you to buy something being to start a trial. Uninstalled without even clicking any option.
Looking over other comments, this thing is timed to only 60 mins use (!!) and the dev even limited it further to forcing you to upgrade to a paid version after a few months use even you can stomach that. Not at all impressed!
Want people to buy your product? Don't use bait and switch tactics for a start.
The software is top notch. There is no better one in the world in 2022. I tested all other apps.
The best thing is that everything can be automated.
You can also create tab groups and determine on which screen and with which window size the programs should be displayed.
This feature makes the app extremely powerful, especially when you work with multiple screens.
*** This review has been updated. Please see below ***
Man, oh man, I really did not want to have to write this review, but I feel like I've been cheated. TidyTabs is a great idea ruined by too many bugs. The developer is more than happy to answer questions before you buy it but, once he has your money, becomes non-responsive. The program hasn't been updated in almost a year, is riddled with bugs, and does a poor job of dealing with multiple displays and resolutions. Windows fly around, resize on their own, get grouped under other tabs, interferes with application dialogs (it absolutely destroys MS Word), and windows are randomly minimized or moved to other displays. There is no option for support, the "report a bug" feature merely opens up their FAQ. The only way to report is to send him an email, which is fine but, again, he ignores them. All of this would be tolerable if the dev was at least half-way responsive and tried to provide bug fixes. Three stars for the app but it gets knocked down to 1 star for the non-responsiveness after purchase. As of now, go with Groupy instead. That has bugs, too, but at least Stardock tries to fix them.
Update: 22 Nov 2023
Last week, I decided to give TidyTabs another try. There have been updates since I left my first review and the bugs appear to have been fixed. I haven't had any issues and the exclusion filters work very well now. Stardock's Groupy became a disappointment as it became stagnant and bugs were not fixed. Instead, after two years of no updates, they released a version 2 of the app which needs to be purchased again. It only costs something like $5 but I can't recommend Stardock anymore, especially as they seem to fade further into irrelevance. As a result, I have changed my review from 1 star to 4, and now recommend it.
Update: 16 Feb 2024
Yeah, nevermind. Still buggy, tabs disappear, window tabs consistently get re-arranged and glitches abound. The developer removed any ability to report bugs to them. Even within the app itself, clicking on "report a bug" just dumps you off in a general sales FAQ page on their website. They've lost all interest in supporting their product and just want to sell you some kind of AI thing now.
Dropping this down to three stars for the lack of support and updates.
thanks for honest review
Home page does not even hint at upgrade date. Have to scan with VirusTotal to "discover" release date. I am sceptical of developers who hide (IMO) important details ... like release/upgrade date