helm

Every tab, bookmark, and command.
One shortcut

A command palette for your browser. Press Cmd+K to find anything, run any command, and manage every tab without touching the mouse.

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Works in Chrome, Edge, Brave, Arc, and other Chromium browsers.

Tabs at scale

Every tab, every window — always findable

See everything you've got open, act on many tabs at once, and save whole windows for later.

Four tabs selected in the palette with a floating action panel showing bulk actions: add to group, move to window, mute, suspend, close.
Select many, act once
Multi-select tabs and bulk close, mute, suspend, group, or move them in a single keystroke.
Spaces palette mode showing four saved spaces with tab and group counts.
Save a window. Restore it.
Spaces save tabs, groups, and order. Reopen a workspace exactly how you left it.
Instant switching

Back to your last tab in one keystroke

Tap the shortcut to jump straight to the tab you were just on — or open the switcher and step back through your recent tabs, in the order you actually used them.

Your new tab

A new tab page that works for you

Mission Control replaces the default new tab. Clock, weather, recent tabs, quick links, and saved Spaces — all configurable, with custom backgrounds. Every new tab opens to context, not noise.

Mission Control as the helm new tab page — clock, focus prompt, Quick Links tiles, recent tabs, saved Spaces, and a 3-day weather forecast.
Privacy

Your data stays yours

Local-first. Tabs, settings, aliases, and Spaces are stored on your device using Chrome's local storage API. Nothing leaves unless you ask it to.

Never sold or shared. helm doesn't run ad networks, and your data is never sold or handed to third parties.

Your data is portable. Export and import your settings and Spaces at any time. See the full privacy policy for details.

FAQ

Frequently asked

What is helm?

helm is a keyboard-driven command palette for Chrome, Edge, Brave, and other Chromium-based browsers. Press Cmd+K to search every tab, bookmark, and command from a single shortcut.

How do I open the command palette?

Press Cmd+K on Mac or Ctrl+K on Windows and Linux. You can change this in your browser's extension shortcuts settings.

Does helm collect my data?

helm stores your data on your device — no ad networks, and nothing sold or shared with third parties. See the privacy policy for the full breakdown.

Does helm work on Edge, Brave, or other browsers?

Yes. helm works on any Chromium-based browser — Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Brave, Vivaldi, and Arc.

Why does helm need so many permissions?

Each one powers a specific feature, works on your device, and is never used to collect or sell your data. The main ones:

  • Running on every site — the one that looks alarming. It lets the palette open on any page and keeps your custom tab names in place. helm only reads a page's content when you run Export to Markdown or Extract Images.
  • Tabs, bookmarks, history, and downloads — so you can search and manage them from the palette.
  • Tab groups — for groups and saved Spaces.

See the full permissions breakdown for every one.

Are there things helm can't do?

A few — these are Chrome's sandbox boundaries, the same for every extension:

  • The palette can't auto-focus on a brand-new tab — Chrome gives the address bar focus. Press Cmd+K to open it.
  • helm only sees the profile it's installed in — tabs and bookmarks from other Chrome profiles aren't visible.
  • Internal browser pages (chrome://settings, chrome://extensions, etc.) are off-limits to all extensions, so they don't appear in search.

Stop hunting for tabs.

One shortcut. Every tab, bookmark, and command.

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