Tree Style Tab
Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
4recommend
0warn against
Jan 7, 2026first mention
Oct 29, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“Overall, I am fairly satisfied by TreeStyleTabs, but the extension must have a memory leak”
former heavy tab-group useron “Overgrown, when plants invade your abandoned tabs”
“this is also why I like tab groups and tree-style tabs”
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“I use the extension 'Tree Style Tab', with some settings changed, or Sidebery.”
has about 21k open tabson “Ask HN: How do you manage too many open tabs?”
“I love the Tree Style Tab Extension in Firefox.”
“I have been using tree style tabs on Firefox for so long, I can't function without it.”
Caveats and dissent
No one in these comments warned against it.
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Who recommends it in their own words
Threads where it came up
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- Ask HN: How do you manage too many open tabs? 1 mention
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- A tab hoarder's journey to sanity 1 mention
Data: tree-style-tab.json. Quotes are verbatim; the verdict and theme labels are written by a model from these comments, and every clause links to its sources.
All comments 7
“Overall, I am fairly satisfied by TreeStyleTabs, but the extension must have a memory leak”
“this is also why I like tab groups and tree-style tabs”
“Indeed you need to write some firefox css to use either TST or Sidebery.”
“I used and love TST (plus a huge number of extensions - TST is an extension that is extended with further extensions!) but it's complex and clunky.”
“I use the extension 'Tree Style Tab', with some settings changed, or Sidebery.”
“I love the Tree Style Tab Extension in Firefox.”
“I have been using tree style tabs on Firefox for so long, I can't function without it.”