Session Buddy alternatives (2026): local-first, but for all your saves
What Session Buddy does well
- 15-year track record; ~1M users at 4.7★
- Genuinely local-first: no ads, no tracking, no login
- Excellent crash recovery with point-in-time restore
Where it falls short
- Sessions and bookmarks only — saved posts, read-later and tagging live elsewhere
- Cloud sync still “in the works”; losing a device means losing data unless you export manually
- Utilitarian UI; a dashboard it is not
Session Buddy vs Dashboard New Tab
| Session Buddy | Dashboard New Tab | |
|---|---|---|
| Privacy | Local, no account | Local, no account |
| Scope | Sessions + bookmarks | + social saves (9 platforms), tags, queues, rules |
| Surface | Popup/own page | Your new tab, always visible |
| Resurfacing | — | Forgotten gem, year-ago, snooze, random |
| Price | Free (donations) | Free core |
Bottom line
We share Session Buddy’s philosophy — your data on your device. Dashboard New Tab extends it from “recover my tabs” to “one home for everything I saved”, on the page you open all day.
Dashboard New Tab — coming soon to Chrome Web Store
Others
OneTab · Toby · Workona · Pocket · Raindrop.io