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PX7 Markdown Tab Sweeper

Desk Sweeper for your tab bar.

Tab Sweeper is a native Mac menu-bar app that watches your open Safari tabs. The ones you haven't touched in days are archived to plain Markdown and closed - searchable, and reopenable with a click.

No cloud. No account. Nothing closed in your first week - and every archived tab is a file you own.

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7-day free trial, no card. €15 once - the current major version, on up to 7 Macs · Safari · macOS 14+

How it works

Your open tabs, kept honest.

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Idle tabs archived

Any Safari tab you haven't touched in 7 days (adjustable) is closed and written to a dated list.

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Yours as Markdown

Each archive is a plain .md file in Documents ▸ Tab Sweeper - click any link to reopen the page.

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Save all open tabs

Snapshot your whole current session to Markdown on demand - nothing gets closed.

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Never-sweep windows

Pin a window and its tabs are left alone. And nothing at all is swept for the first 7 days.

The promise

Nothing you'd miss, ever gone.

A tab only becomes a candidate after it has sat untouched for days - and even then it isn't deleted, it's saved as Markdown and closed. Reopen it whenever you like. Your reading list stops being a wall of tabs and becomes a folder of files you actually own.

Why

Safari never had good stale-tab hygiene.

Tabs pile up until the bar is a smear of favicons you can't read. Tab Sweeper takes Desk Sweeper's idea - file the everyday mess by a simple, safe local rule - and points it at your tab bar. It runs entirely on your Mac and asks for one thing: permission to control Safari.

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Questions about PX7 Markdown Tab Sweeper

What is PX7 Markdown Tab Sweeper?
Archive old Safari tabs into dated Markdown files, then close them safely. Review every tab first and keep the archive on your Mac.
Where does PX7 Markdown Tab Sweeper do its work?
PX7 Markdown Tab Sweeper works directly with the Markdown files stored on your Mac.
How much does PX7 Markdown Tab Sweeper cost?
PX7 Markdown Tab Sweeper costs €15 once. It includes a seven-day trial, and one app-specific key can be used on up to seven Macs. There is no subscription.
Which Macs can run PX7 Markdown Tab Sweeper?
macOS 14 or later
How do I save all my open Safari tabs?
Take a snapshot and every open tab is written to a dated Markdown list, without closing anything. PX7 Tab Sweeper stores it in Documents ▸ Tab Sweeper.
Can I archive Safari tabs as Markdown before closing them?
Yes — that is the normal flow: tabs left untouched for seven days are collected into a dated .md file so the links survive the tab closing.
Does Tab Sweeper close tabs automatically?
Not without you. Tabs are gathered for review and you approve before any are closed, so nothing disappears behind your back. Pinned windows are exempt, as is anything from the last seven days, and the threshold is adjustable.
How do I close old tabs without losing the links?
The archive is written first and the tab is closed after, so the address stays in a plain Markdown file you can search later.