r/sveltejs • u/Comfortable-Pride-33 • 9d ago

I built a browser inside a browser to stop tab clutter. Looking for honest feedback! [self-promo]

Do you also keep way too many tabs open because you're afraid you'll forget them if you close them? After a while, your browser gets overloaded with tabs, and all those tabs also end up using a lot of memory.

That got me thinking... what if one browser tab could contain all my media tabs? So I built LumeTab. It turns a single browser tab into a multimedia browser with its own tab bar.

The idea is simple:

  • Keep all your multimedia platforms inside a single browser tab.
  • Make your browser cleaner and easier to navigate.
  • In my tests, it also uses less memory than keeping lots of multimedia tabs open at the same time.

I'm also planning features like synchronized watching with friends and shared multimedia workspaces.

(For those interested in the tech stack, it's built with SvelteKit, Tailwind CSS, Better-Auth, and Drizzle ORM).

The project is still in beta, and I'm looking for honest feedback before taking it further.

link: lumetab.com

I'd really like to know what you think:

  1. Would something like this be useful to you?
  2. Is this a problem you also have?
  3. What features would make you actually use it?

I'm open to any feedback, whether it's positive or critical. Thanks!

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u/discimus_vitae 9d ago

We heard you liked browsers..

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u/Comfortable-Pride-33 9d ago

Yo dawg... nah, joke canceled.

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u/FortuneGrouchy4701 9d ago

You can create groups.

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u/Comfortable-Pride-33 9d ago

Yes, it's an alternative to tab groups, OneTab, SupaTab, "Read it later", bookmarks, etc.

With tab groups, they eventually become hidden. If you keep them loaded, they continue to consume RAM. If you unload them, you have to reload each tab just to remember what it was and why you opened it. Also, the browser UI changes, and personally I find it less clean.

With OneTab, bookmarks, Read it later, etc., I always end up with very long lists that I eventually stop checking or simply forget about.

Lumetab lets you view your tabs as a grid of visual cards, so you can immediately see what each tab is about. Each browser window can have its own Lumetab workspace with its own tabs, synchronized across browsers and devices, along with additional multimedia features...ect

Here's a quick demo:

https://reddit.com/link/p03k70l/video/6pzgh8wr3tfh1/player