The Problem

You open a tab to "quickly check" something. Forty minutes later you're still there.

Browser history tells you what you visited. It never tells you how long you stayed. I kept losing track of time across research sessions, YouTube rabbit holes, and work dashboards — so I built something to fix it.

Introducing Tab Timer

Tab Timer is a Chrome extension that tracks time spent on any website and shows it live via a small floating widget directly on the page — no need to click anything, it's just always there.

Install on Chrome Web Store

Key Features

Floating On-Page Widget

A draggable timer widget lives right on the page. Choose from 4 sizes (Extra Compact to Large). You can customize which buttons show — pause, reset, and lock — or hide them entirely.

Focus Mode

When enabled, only the currently active tab's timer runs . Switch tabs, and the previous one pauses automatically.…