Hey everyone!
I was getting frustrated with popular browser extensions getting bloated, tracking history, or breaking/losing data during Manifest V3 updates. So, I built Session Sidekick.
It's a lightweight sidebar extension for Chrome and Brave that does two things in one panel:
Local Session Snapshots: Save your active tab workspaces with 1-click, search them in real-time, and edit session names. All data stays in your local browser storage (chrome.storage.local). Tab Sleeping (RAM Saver): Uses the browser's native tabs.discard API to put background tabs in your workspace to "sleep," returning memory back to your PC instantly. Why I made it this way:
100% Local: No cloud backends, no tracking analytics, and works fully offline. "Cozy Sketchbook" UI: I was tired of slick, clinical AI/SaaS dark-themes. I went with a warm paper-cream theme, wobbly hand-drawn borders, and flat shadows to give it a human, tactile feel. I currently run this locally on my own setup. If there is enough interest, I would be happy to upload it to a public GitHub repository so everyone can download and use it for free!
Let me know what you think!
The AI tabs in the screenshot are a bit of a giveaway.
i made it like that to not look like ai cause everything now any type of weird ui or different ui is now considered ai
here another version to make it better for ya'll to not look like ai cause idk why every style feels like ai to everything
