chrome-open-tabs

name: chrome-open-tabs

description: Read currently open browser tabs from Chrome or other Chromium browsers (Arc, Brave, Edge, etc.). Use when you need to know what URLs the user has open, or want to list tabs from a synced device (e.g. Chrome on their phone).

Install once: npm install -g @mindsocket/chrome-open-tabs

Or one-off: npx @mindsocket/chrome-open-tabs ...

Hierarchy

--user-data (browser) → --profile → --device

| Option | Default | Notes |

|---|---|---|

| --user-data | Chrome | path to browser's User Data dir |

| --profile | Default | Try Profile 1, Profile 2 etc if Default not right |

| --device | all | filter to one synced device; requires browser to be closed |

Mode

Always prints to stderr: [sync-data] or [session-files]

sync-data — reads Chrome sync LevelDB; shows tabs across all synced devices
session-files — reads local SNSS session file; local tabs only, no device info; used when browser has no sync data or is running

Common workflow


# 1. Find which devices are synced

chrome-open-tabs --profile "Profile 1" devices

# → MacBook Air

# → Pixel 9a



# 2. Get tabs from a specific device

chrome-open-tabs --profile "Profile 1" --device "Pixel 9a" --json



# 3. Get all tabs across all devices

chrome-open-tabs --profile "Profile 1" --json

Other browsers


# Arc

chrome-open-tabs --user-data "$HOME/Library/Application Support/Arc/User Data"

Notes

--device and devices require sync data — both error if the browser is running
If the browser is running, falls back to session files automatically (local tabs only)