Keyboard-driven tab search · Chrome & Firefox

Find any open tab before you drown in them.

Like a lighthouse cutting through a storm - one shortcut, one amber light, and you know exactly where to go. No more squinting at 40 favicons.

⌘Etype↵
Add to ChromeAdd to FirefoxSource

Try it right here

This is the real overlay. Go on — type.

Loaded with sample tabs. Search them, press / for commands, navigate with the arrow keys, hit ↵. Exactly how it feels in your browser.

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  • Beacon - Find any open tab before you drown in them
    beacon.app
    W1
  • GitHub · Where the world builds software
    github.com
    W1
  • Figma - the collaborative interface design tool
    figma.com/files
    W2
  • Inbox (12) - Gmail
    mail.google.com
    W2
  • Linear - Plan and build products
    linear.app
    W1
  • Hacker News
    news.ycombinator.com
    W2
  • Three.js - JavaScript 3D Library
    threejs.org/docs
    W1
  • Stack Overflow - Where developers learn
    stackoverflow.com
    W2
  • YouTube
    youtube.com
    W1
  • Notion - Your connected workspace
    notion.so
    W2
10 tabs
↑↓ navigate↵ switch/ commands

Try github, /book, or /hist

Everything it does

Built for people who keep too many tabs open

Instant tab search

One shortcut opens a centered overlay. Type to filter every open tab across every window — results the moment you start.

Window-aware

Tabs are tagged W1, W2… so look-alike pages stay distinct. Tabs in the window you're already staring at sink to the bottom.

Slash commands

Type / to switch modes: /book to search bookmarks, /hist for browsing history, /coffee to support development.

Keyboard-first

↑ ↓ to move, ↵ to open, Esc to dismiss, ⌫ to back out of a command. Your hands never leave home row.

Draggable

Grab the header and move the overlay anywhere on the page. It stays exactly where you put it.

Private by design

Everything runs locally. Beacon sends nothing anywhere, talks to no server, and has zero analytics.

Three keystrokes

Summon, filter, jump

⌘E
01 · Summon

Hit the shortcut on any normal page. The overlay drops in, centered and focused.

type…
02 · Filter

Start typing. Every open tab filters live by title and URL as you go.

↵
03 · Jump

Press Enter on the match and you're there — the right tab, the right window.

Platform
Default shortcut
macOS
⌘E
Windows / Linux
CtrlE

Want a different combo? Set it at chrome://extensions/shortcuts.

Your tabs never leave your machine

Beacon runs entirely inside your browser. It reads your tabs, bookmarks, and history locally to search them — and that's where they stay. Nothing is sent anywhere, because there's nowhere to send it.

No serversNo analyticsNo tracking100% local

Prefer to build it yourself?

Run Beacon locally

Rather not install from a store? Clone the repo and load it unpacked — the whole flow takes a couple of minutes. Needs Node 18+.

terminal — beacon
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$ git clone https://github.com/aryamanpandu/beacon.gitGrab the source
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$ cd beacon && npm installInstall dependencies
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$ npm run buildBuild for Chrome (or npm run build:firefox)
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$ Load .output/chrome-mv3 as an unpacked extensionchrome://extensions → Developer mode → Load unpacked
View full README on GitHub