YabMove from Chrome to Yab.
Yab brings Chrome’s pinned and open tabs, passwords, cards, bookmarks, history, extensions and your sign-ins, from every profile.
Yab reads it straight from Chrome’s files on your Mac. Nothing goes through a server, and Chrome can stay open.
Checked October 9, 2026 against Yab’s current release. The full story is in the Manual’s Bringing in from another browser.
What comes over
| From Chrome | Into Yab |
|---|---|
| Pinned tabs and tab groups | Yes |
| Open tabs | Yes, if you ask for them |
| Passwords | Yes, from every profile |
| Cards and addresses | Yes |
| Bookmarks | Yes |
| History | Yes |
| Extensions | Yes, fetched fresh from the Chrome Web Store; their own settings stay behind |
| Sign-ins to sites | Yes, so you stay signed in; a few sites may ask again |
How
- 1Download Yab and open it. It needs macOS 15.4 or later.
- 2In the welcome, choose Bring from Chrome. It takes everything in one go. Later, Settings › General › Bring in from another browser brings each kind on its own.
- 3macOS asks whether Yab may use Chrome’s key in your keychain, which locks its passwords, cards and sign-ins. Choose Always Allow.
- 4It finishes in the background and says when it is done. Chrome can stay open the whole time.
What changes after Chrome
Yab next to Chrome, area by area. The full comparison has the table and sources.
AIa matter of taste
Both have an agent that works in your pages. Gemini chats about your tabs and sums up pages and videos; auto browse clicks, types and fills forms in your own Chrome, on Google AI Pro or Ultra, in the US and India. Yab’s agent works in tabs of its own beside yours, signed in as you, on your Claude or ChatGPT plan; Send, Pay and Delete wait for your yes. Yab runs on the Claude or ChatGPT plan you already pay for; the other on its own AI.
Agents like Claude Code and Codexeven
Chrome can be driven over MCP and a command line, through Google’s Chrome DevTools MCP, which starts its own profile unless you let it attach to your Chrome. Yab can be driven over MCP and a command line, through yab mcp and the yab command, for Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and any MCP client.
Tabs and windowsYab leads
Chrome has tabs down the side as a setting, Split View, folders in the sidebar and tabs that sleep. Yab has tabs down the side, spaces, Split View, folders in the sidebar and tabs that sleep.
Priceeven
Chrome: Free, with Gemini; its auto browse agent needs Google AI Pro $19.99/month or Ultra. Yab: Free; its AI runs on your own Claude or ChatGPT plan.
Where it runsChrome leads
Chrome runs on Mac, Windows, Linux, iPhone and Android. Yab runs on Mac. On a Mac, Chrome needs macOS 13 or later and Yab needs macOS 15.4 or later. On the phone, Chrome: iPhone, iPad and Android; syncs tabs, bookmarks, passwords and history. Yab has no phone app yet.
Engine and extensionsa matter of taste
Chrome is built on Chromium, as Chrome is; Yab on WebKit, the engine Safari uses. Both take extensions from the Chrome Web Store.
PrivacyYab leads
Chrome has no ad blocker of its own. Tabs you share with Gemini go to Google; with Keep Activity on, chats are kept 18 months by default and may be reviewed and used to train models. Yab has an ad blocker built in. Yab has no account and no server of ours between you and your sites; what your agent reads goes to Anthropic or OpenAI under your account.
Questions
Does moving change anything in Chrome?
No. Yab only reads Chrome’s files. Chrome keeps everything, and you can go on using both.
Do I have to close Chrome first?
No. Yab reads Chrome’s files while it is open.
Will I stay signed in to my sites?
Mostly. Your sign-ins come with the rest, so most sites open signed in. A few ask you to sign in again.
Do my extensions come?
Yes. Yab fetches each one you had switched on fresh from the Chrome Web Store and runs it on WebKit, the engine Safari uses. Most work as in Chrome; what an extension kept itself, like its own sign-in, stays in the old browser.
Can I bring it in again later?
Yes, any time, from Settings › General › Bring in from another browser.
What does Yab cost?
Nothing. Its AI runs on the Claude or ChatGPT plan you already pay for, if you connect one.
Yab, Yet Another Browser.
Free for the Mac. Arc’s sidebar, your own Claude or ChatGPT as the agent, Chrome extensions on WebKit.