Last updated: August 23, 2026
Yunji Tab is a free and open source Chrome extension developed by KIWI. It turns the new tab
page into a workspace for searching, organizing, and managing the bookmarks already stored in
your browser.
This Privacy Policy explains what data Yunji Tab handles, why it is needed, where it is stored,
and when it may be sent to a third party.
## 1. Data Yunji Tab Handles
### Browser bookmarks
Yunji Tab reads your Chrome bookmarks, including bookmark titles, URLs, folder names, folder
structure, and bookmark identifiers. This information is required to display, search, organize,
create, edit, move, delete, import, export, and restore bookmarks.
### Settings and bookmark metadata
Yunji Tab stores extension settings and metadata that Chrome bookmarks do not support, such as
descriptions, tags, custom icons, pinned status, inbox status, alternate URLs, saved filters,
and usage history.
### Active page information
When you use Quick Save, the context menu, or another user initiated command, Yunji Tab may
read the active page's title and URL so it can save or process that page. It does not monitor
active pages continuously.
### Tab information
When you use tab session features, Yunji Tab reads the titles and URLs of eligible open web
tabs so it can save and restore the session. It also uses tab information to open bookmarks and
focus or reuse the Yunji Tab home page.
### Website content requested by you
If you start a page description fetch or link check, Yunji Tab accesses the selected website to
retrieve the information needed for that feature. Website access occurs only after you initiate
the feature and grant the requested site permission.
### AI classification data
AI classification is optional. If you configure an OpenAI compatible service and run
classification, Yunji Tab sends the following data to the service endpoint you selected:
- Bookmark titles
- Bookmark URLs with query parameters removed
- Bookmark descriptions and tags
- Current bookmark folder paths
The service returns organization suggestions. Yunji Tab changes bookmarks only after you review
and confirm those suggestions.
### API credentials
If you enter an API token for an AI service, Yunji Tab stores it locally in extension storage
and sends it only to the endpoint you configured for authentication. The token is not included
in metadata sync or backups.
Yunji Tab requires HTTPS when a token is sent to a remote endpoint. Unencrypted HTTP is allowed
only for loopback services running on your own device.
## 2. How Yunji Tab Uses Data
Yunji Tab uses data only to provide and improve its user facing bookmark management features.
The developer does not use extension data for advertising, profiling, credit decisions, or
purposes unrelated to Yunji Tab's single purpose.
Yunji Tab does not collect analytics or telemetry. The developer does not operate a server that
receives your bookmarks, browsing history, settings, API credentials, or other extension data.
## 3. Local Storage and Browser Sync
Most extension data is stored locally in your browser through Chrome extension storage and
browser caches.
Chrome manages native bookmarks separately. Changes made in Yunji Tab are reflected in Chrome's
bookmark system and may sync through your browser account if Chrome bookmark sync is enabled.
Yunji Tab can also sync selected supplemental bookmark metadata through Chrome Sync. You can
choose which metadata fields to sync and may enable passphrase encryption before the metadata
is written to sync storage. Google processes Chrome Sync data under Google's applicable terms
and privacy policy.
## 4. Third Party Services
### Google Favicon service
To display bookmark icons, Yunji Tab may send a bookmark's domain name to Google's Favicon
service. It does not send the bookmark's path, query parameters, or page content for this
request. Google may receive standard request information, such as your IP address, when serving
the icon.
### Websites selected by you
When you request page metadata or a link check, Yunji Tab connects directly to the relevant
website. That website may receive standard network request information and handles it under its
own privacy policy.
### AI service selected by you
When you use AI classification, the configured AI provider receives the classification data
described above. Yunji Tab does not control that provider's storage, retention, or use of data.
Review the provider's privacy policy before enabling this feature.
### Chrome and Chrome Web Store
Chrome provides extension storage, bookmark APIs, optional synchronization, and permission
controls. Google separately handles information related to Chrome and the Chrome Web Store
under Google's privacy policies.
## 5. Data Sharing and Sale
Yunji Tab does not sell or rent user data.
Yunji Tab shares data only when required to perform a feature you requested, such as obtaining
a favicon, checking a link, fetching page metadata, syncing selected metadata through Chrome,
or sending a classification request to your configured AI provider.
No extension data is shared with advertisers or data brokers.
## 6. Permissions
Yunji Tab requests the following Chrome permissions:
- storage: Saves settings, local metadata, recoverable deleted items, tab sessions, and caches.
- bookmarks: Reads and manages your native Chrome bookmarks.
- favicon: Retrieves site icons through the browser's favicon API.
- activeTab: Reads the current page after a user initiated action.
- scripting: Displays the isolated global command palette after you invoke it.
- contextMenus: Adds the "Save to Yunji Tab" page menu command.
- tabs: Supports user initiated tab actions, saved sessions, bookmark opening, and reuse of the
Yunji Tab home page.
- Google and gstatic host permissions: Retrieve and display bookmark favicons.
- Optional website permissions: Access a website or user configured service only after you
start a feature that requires access and approve the permission.
Recoverable deletion snapshots are retained for up to 30 days. You can clear them earlier in
Yunji Tab's settings.
You can use Settings > Data to clear usage history, the favicon cache, tab sessions, trash,
supplemental metadata, and stored website permissions. You can also revoke website access
through Chrome's extension settings.
Removing supplemental Yunji Tab data does not automatically delete your native Chrome
bookmarks. Deleting a bookmark through Yunji Tab changes the corresponding native Chrome
bookmark.
Data sent to Google, a website, or your configured AI provider is subject to that service's
retention and deletion practices.
## 8. Security
Yunji Tab limits access to the permissions needed for its features and requests broad website
access only when you start a feature that requires it. Remote AI credentials must use HTTPS.
API tokens are excluded from sync and backups.
No method of storage or transmission is completely secure. Keep your browser, device, sync
account, and third party API credentials protected.
## 9. Children's Privacy
Yunji Tab is not directed to children under 13. The developer does not knowingly collect
personal information from children.
## 10. Chrome Web Store Limited Use Disclosure
The use of information received from Google APIs will adhere to the Chrome Web Store User Data
Policy, including the Limited Use requirements.
Yunji Tab's use and transfer of user data is limited to providing or improving its single
purpose as a bookmark workspace. Human access, transfer, sale, or use of user data for
advertising, creditworthiness, lending, or unrelated purposes is prohibited except where
required for security, legal compliance, or a user requested feature.
## 11. Changes to This Policy
This policy may be updated when Yunji Tab's features or data practices change. The revised
version will be published on this page with a new "Last updated" date.
## 12. Contact
Yunji Tab is developed and maintained by KIWI.
Project source code:
https://github.com/kiwiflydream/yunji-tab
Questions and privacy requests:
https://github.com/kiwiflydream/yunji-tab/issues
X:
https://x.com/kiwiflysky
Do not include API tokens, private bookmarks, browsing history, or other sensitive information
in a public GitHub issue.