Plugin tabby-browser

[karolnowacki]

🌐 tabby-browser - a real browser tab inside Tabby

Just released the first version of tabby-browser, a plugin that adds a web browser tab to Tabby - keep docs, dashboards, or an internal web app right next to your terminals, no window switching.

What it does

• Browser tab - address bar with back / forward / reload.
• Web app mode - a chromeless single-page tab for pinning one dashboard or tool, opened from the toolbar next to New terminal.
• Session recovery - open browser tabs are saved and restored on restart, just like terminals (URL + chromeless mode remembered).
• Keyboard reload - F5 / Ctrl+R / Cmd+R.
• Settings (Settings > Browser) - homepage, plus toggles to hide the buttons.
• target="_blank" / window.open links open in a new browser tab.

How it renders
Tabby ships with <webview> disabled, so the page is drawn with a native WebContentsView overlaid on the tab (via @electron/remote), sandboxed and context-isolated. One side effect: Tabby's own modals can appear beneath the page while a browser tab is focused - switch tabs to reach them.

Source, issues, PRs: https://github.com/karolnowacki/tabby-browser
npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/tabby-browser

First release - feedback and bug reports very welcome.