A Firefox extension that makes trimming your tabs as effortless as swiping on a dating app https://addons.mozilla.org/addon/tabswiper
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Tabswiper

A Firefox extension that makes trimming your tabs as effortless as swiping on a dating app.

How to Use It

  1. Open the extension's popup window using the extension icon or by pressing Shift + F2. You can customize the keyboard shortcut by accessing the Manage Extension Shortcuts in Firefox settings.

  2. Navigate through your list of open tabs using buttons or your keyboard:

    • Press j or Right Arrow to keep the selected tab.
    • Press d or Left Arrow to close the tab.
    • Press f or Up Arrow to switch to the tab.
  3. After eliminating all unnecessary tabs, simply press the Esc key to close the popup window.

Development

Adding an Unpacked Extension to Firefox

  1. In the Firefox address bar, type about:debugging and press Enter.

  2. Click on This Firefox, then select Load Temporary Add-on....

  3. Choose the manifest.json file.

Build the Package

To generate the XPI file, just use the make package command. The output file will be stored in the dist directory.