Toby Alternative: Free, Open-Source SuperCommands (2026)

The most direct Toby alternative for Chrome, Edge and Brave is SuperCommands: it is free, open source and saves any number of tabs as a named link collection you reopen by typing a short command. If you need Toby's Firefox add-on, mobile apps or shared team spaces, Toby is still the better tool.

This page is written by the SuperCommands team. Toby's details come from its own site and Chrome Web Store listing, checked in October 2026.

Why do people look for a Toby alternative?

Mostly the free plan. Toby is actively maintained, but its free tier is much tighter than it used to be.

• 60-card cap: three research projects with 20 sources each fill the free Starter plan.
• Paid tiers: Productivity is $6 per member per month ($4.50 billed yearly); Team is $10 ($8 billed yearly), per Toby's pricing page.
• "Abandoned" rumors: Toby's about page says it went into maintenance mode before a small team took over. The listing (Launch Labs INC, about 300,000 users, 3.5 rating) was updated October 20, 2026.

How does SuperCommands compare with Toby?

Toby is a visual board you browse; SuperCommands is a command you type. A Toby collection maps to a SuperCommands link collection: one saved object holding an ordered list of URLs.

To move one Toby collection:

1. Open all its tabs in one window, press Alt + S and type c link.
2. Choose Current Tabs, tick the pages and save under a clear name. Duplicates are skipped.
3. In Properties, add a text shortcut such as hiring or a hotkey like Alt + 1.
4. Type c, Space, hiring in the address bar to reopen all of them. The Links docs cover reordering and renaming rows.

Notes, to-dos and text snippets can sit in the same workspace as the links, and a shared tag like #suppliers pulls them up together in Alt + S.

What are the other Toby alternatives?

OneTab suits closing tabs, Workona suits shared project spaces, and Tab Session Manager suits saving whole windows.

• OneTab: free, about 2 million Chrome users; collapses a window into a list to free memory. See our OneTab comparison.
• Workona: autosaving project spaces with team plans, closest to Toby's shared spaces. See Workona vs SuperCommands.
• Tab Session Manager: open source (MPL-2.0) on Chrome and Firefox, with automatic window saves.

For more options, see our tab manager comparison.

Which one should you pick?

Stay with Toby if its board, platforms or team features are part of how you work.

• Pick Toby if you need Firefox or phone apps, share spaces with a team, or think by dragging cards.
• Pick SuperCommands if you work in Chrome, Edge or Brave, outgrew 60 cards and would rather type than scroll.
• Pick Workona if your team needs shared, autosaving project spaces.
• Pick OneTab if you mainly want to close tabs and get memory back.

FAQ

Is Toby still free?

Yes, with limits. As of October 2026 the free Starter plan holds up to 60 cards; Productivity costs $6 per member per month, or $54 a year.

Was Toby discontinued or sold?

No. The original developers moved on and a small team took it over. The extension was updated in October 2026.

Is there an open-source Toby alternative?

Yes. SuperCommands is free and open source for Chrome, Edge and Brave, and Tab Session Manager (MPL-2.0) also covers Firefox.

Does SuperCommands work on Firefox like Toby?

No. SuperCommands supports Chrome, Edge and Brave only.