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New in 1.9 Arc import is here. Install Orbit, open Import and choose Arc.

Arc stops working on December 22. Export before then.

Coming from Arc? Keep your Spaces. Stay in Chrome.

Orbit Station is a free Chrome extension for your new tab, with workspaces, one-click tab stacks, a command palette and a side panel. Its Arc import reads Arc's sidebar file on your device and rebuilds your spaces, pinned tabs, folders and Favorites as workspaces.

Checked 12 October 2026: Arc's help center says there is “no current option to export Pinned or Favorite tabs”, and arc.net says Arc “receives Chromium updates only”.

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Already have Orbit? Open the Arc import

  • Installs like any Chrome extension
  • No account needed
  • Export to JSON any time
New in Orbit 1.9

Three steps, with Undo

No new permissions: you choose the file, and Orbit reads it on your device. You see a preview before anything is saved.

  1. Find the file

    Choose Arc's StorableSidebar.json. Orbit shows where it is on a Mac, with a Copy button for the path.

    A bookmarks .html file works too, like the one our free exporter makes.

    On a Mac: ~/Library/Application Support/Arc/StorableSidebar.json

    On Windows: %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\TheBrowserCompany.Arc_*\LocalCache\Local\Arc\StorableSidebar.json

  2. Preview

    Tick the spaces you want and see what each part becomes before anything is saved, including a list of what won't come over.

  3. Done

    Orbit adds your spaces in one step and opens the first one. Undo is one click away, and a second import adds only what's new.

What comes across

Your Arc sidebar, in Orbit

How Orbit 1.9 maps each part of an Arc sidebar.
In ArcIn Orbit
Spaces Workspaces, one per space, with the space's emoji in the name. Each Arc profile becomes a galaxy of its own.
Pinned tabs and folders Sections and one-click stacks. Loose pinned tabs become links in a “Pinned” section, each top-level folder becomes a section, and each sub-folder becomes a stack that opens all its tabs at once.
Favorites Top sites on your new tab. They come first in each workspace, or only in the first one, or not at all: you choose.
Today tabs A stack per space, “Today in Work”, that opens them again in a new window. Or bring them over as links.
Split view A stack named after its pages, that opens them together.
Command bar Orbit's command palette. Press ⌘K (CtrlK on Windows) on the new tab to find a link, launch a stack, switch workspaces or run a command. Shift+Enter on a workspace switches to it and launches one of its stacks in the same step.
Live Folders Snapshot A section with the links the folder held when you import. It doesn't keep updating.
Honest list

Not imported

The preview counts each of these, with the reason, before you import anything.

Orbit lives on your new tab and in Chrome's side panel. It doesn't replace Chrome's tab strip, and it has no floating mini-window, per-site style tweaks or hover previews.

  • Canvases and notes you made in Arc.
  • Live Folder updates. The folder comes over as a snapshot.
  • Tabs from Arc's pop-up windows, unless you choose to send them to Read later.
  • Unsupported addresses: anything that isn't a web page (http or https), such as arc:, chrome:, file: or javascript: links. Also empty addresses, and addresses over 2,048 characters.
  • Duplicate Favorites. Each site comes over once.
  • Broken entries: a missing item (an entry that points nowhere), a loop in folders, and empty spaces.
  • Everything else in the file. Orbit keeps titles, addresses, space names, emoji, icons and colors, and drops timestamps, device and machine ids, and sync data.

On IT-managed Chrome

Orbit Station is a normal extension from the Chrome Web Store, not another browser for your IT team to approve. If your organization lets you add Chrome Web Store extensions, you add Orbit like any other; some managed setups need an admin to allow it first.

The Arc import needs no new permission. You pick the file, so Orbit never looks through your folders.

Read on your device

Orbit reads Arc's file in your browser, on your device, and never uploads it. Nothing else from Arc is read: no passwords, cookies or history.

After the import, your links work like any link saved in Orbit: Orbit asks DuckDuckGo for each site's icon by its domain name, and with Pro sync on, your workspaces sync to your account. Privacy policy

Without Orbit

Prefer plain bookmarks?

The free exporter turns Arc's sidebar file into a Chrome bookmarks file, with a folder for each space, right in your browser. Chrome imports it, and Orbit can bring those bookmarks onto your new tab with Import › Bookmarks.

Open the free exporter How to find Arc's file
FAQ

Common questions

Where is Arc's sidebar file?

Arc keeps your sidebar in one file, StorableSidebar.json.

On a Mac it is in ~/Library/Application Support/Arc/

On Windows it is in %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\TheBrowserCompany.Arc_*\LocalCache\Local\Arc\

Some installs use %LOCALAPPDATA%\Arc\ instead.

On either system, arc://version shows the Profile Path: drop the trailing \User Data\Default and the file is in that folder. Step-by-step guide.

Does the import upload my Arc file?
No. Orbit reads the file in your browser, on your device, and uploads nothing; the free exporter works the same way. After an import, your links behave like any link saved in Orbit: Orbit asks DuckDuckGo for each site's icon by its domain name, and if you turn on Pro sync, your workspaces sync to your account.
Does Orbit read my Arc passwords or history?
No. Orbit reads only the sidebar file you choose, and from it only titles, addresses, space names, emoji, icons and colors. It never reads Arc's passwords, cookies or browsing history, and it drops the timestamps and device ids in the file.
Will Orbit ask for Arc's Local State file?
No, never. That file holds the browser's encryption key. Arc keeps profile names there, so Orbit names imported profiles “Arc” and “Arc · Profile 1” instead, and you can rename them in the preview.
Can I move my Arc sidebar without Orbit?
Yes. The free exporter turns Arc's sidebar file into a Chrome bookmarks file, with a folder per space. Chrome imports it, and Orbit can bring those bookmarks onto your new tab with Import › Bookmarks.
Is Orbit Station affiliated with The Browser Company?
No. Arc is a trademark of The Browser Company of New York, Inc. Orbit Station is an independent product and is not affiliated with, sponsored by or endorsed by The Browser Company.

Your spaces, on your new tab.

Orbit Station is free, with no account. Install it, open Import, choose Arc and pick the file.

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