A menace for your Mac · Chrome & Safari
Tab Bandit is a Mac app with a masked raccoon who creeps across your screen — over Netflix, over your slides, over anything — snatches a tab you forgot hours ago, and stashes it. You can't stop him. You never lose it.
One-time £8. · No account. · Nothing is ever lost.
Stashed · restore anytime
The heist
When a tab crosses your idle limit, Bandit picks the stalest one and goes to work — on the screen where that tab actually lives.
Over whatever's playing — full-screen video included. There is no "not now".
He lunges for the forgotten tab. The real tab closes at that exact frame.
Straight into your Stash — safe for 15 days, one click from coming back.
A little victory dance, a panicked dash off-screen. Until the next stale tab.
Nothing is ever lost
Every stolen tab lands in the Stash — grouped by day, counting down 15 days, one click to bring it back in the right browser. Rescue something and it's off-limits for 24 hours; the raccoon takes the hint.
Why it works
He performs over presentations and screen shares alike — that's the joke. If you truly must, one click sends Bandit to jail.
Steal after a tab's been idle anywhere from 30 minutes to 12 hours. Tune it to how much clutter you can stand.
A quiet raccoon and a count. Quick-restore your three latest from the dropdown; the rest wait in the app.
He only ever reads tab titles and links and closes forgotten tabs. No tracking, no cloud, no account.
Real frame-by-frame animation, tip-toe footsteps, bongo getaway. It's a utility that's genuinely fun to catch in the act.
Bandit ships first. A meerkat, a fox and a possum are waiting in the wings — each with their own victory dance.
The whole deal
ONE-TIME · NO SUBSCRIPTION · NO ACCOUNT
Before you ask
No. A stolen tab goes to the Stash and sits there for 15 days. Restore it in one click and it reopens in the right browser. He never destroys anything.
Chrome and Safari at launch, via macOS's built-in automation — nothing to install. Firefox support is on the way.
…Yes. That's rather the point. But if you have a big demo, one click puts Bandit in jail until you let him out.
Completely. Tab Bandit only reads tab titles and links and closes forgotten tabs. Nothing ever leaves your Mac — no account, no cloud, no tracking.
Never. You pay once, download, and use it. No login, no subscription, no recurring anything.
Tab Bandit