GNOME Shell extension that lets you group windows of the same application as browser-like tabs. No tiling, no auto-layout — just tabs.
- Tab grouping — Group all windows of the focused app into a single tab bar
- Drag to reorder — Rearrange tabs by dragging them to a new position
- System theme colors — Bar and accent colors are read from your GNOME/Ubuntu theme and accent-color setting
- Instant switching — No minimize/unminimize animations when switching tabs
- Position tracking — Tab bar follows the window when moved or resized
- Close button — Each tab has a close button to remove it from the group
- Auto-grouping — New windows of an already-grouped app are automatically added as tabs
- Pointer cursor — Cursor changes to a hand when hovering over tabs
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
Super + T |
Group / Ungroup windows |
Ctrl + Super + Right |
Next tab |
Ctrl + Super + Left |
Previous tab |
Super + Shift + T |
Remove current window from group |
git clone https://github.com/USER/tabby-windows.git
cd tabby-windows
chmod +x install.sh
./install.shThen log out and log back in (Wayland) or press Alt+F2 → r → Enter (X11).
EXT_DIR="$HOME/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/tabby-windows@custom"
mkdir -p "$EXT_DIR/schemas"
cp extension.js stylesheet.css metadata.json "$EXT_DIR/"
cp schemas/*.xml "$EXT_DIR/schemas/"
glib-compile-schemas "$EXT_DIR/schemas/"
gnome-extensions enable tabby-windows@custom- Focus any application window
- Press
Super + T— all windows of that app on the current workspace are grouped as tabs - A tab bar appears above the window showing all grouped windows
- Click a tab or use
Ctrl + Super + Right/Ctrl + Super + Leftto switch - Drag tabs to reorder them
- Press
Super + Tagain to ungroup
- GNOME Shell 46, 47
- Ubuntu 24.04+, Fedora 40+, or any distro with GNOME 46+
- Works on both Wayland and X11
- Accent colors are read from
org.gnome.desktop.interface accent-color(falls back to blue)
GPL-3.0