Arc to Zen

Arc Zen,
everything along.

Your spaces, pinned tabs and folders, sign-ins, boosts and settings move into Zen in one go. Or keep Zen as it is and give it Arc's look.

Download v0.3.0
Free and open sourcemacOS and WindowsBacks up Zen first
Arc to Zen
Arc to Zen with four Arc spaces picked and the Arc as it was preset
What comes along

The parts of Arc you'd miss

Each item is a switch in the app, grouped the same way. Hover one to see what it does.

Tabs

Spaces, tabs, folders, EssentialsPinned and open tabs, nested folders and Essentials, in the space they belong to Site iconsFrom Arc's icon cache, so tabs don't start blank Folder open/closedFolders stay expanded or collapsed as in Arc Split viewsTheir tabs come along, side by side

Look

Space iconsEmoji and Arc's built-in icons Space colorsGradients and colors from Arc themes Arc default colorsSpaces without a theme get Arc's pink-to-lavender gradient

Sign-ins

Profiles → containersEach Arc profile becomes a Zen container, and its spaces open in it CookiesStay signed in to sites, per container localStorageSite settings and some sign-ins, per container PasswordsInto Zen's password manager

Rules

BoostsCSS and hidden elements per site, as Zen boosts Air Traffic ControlRules that open links in a space become Zen Space Routing

Languages

Website languagesLanguages sites are asked for, what never to translate, the spellcheck dictionary Interface languageMenus and date formats follow the system, as in Arc

Zen setup

Arc Look modCompact top bar, an Arc-like address bar that floats, Arc-style Peek Sidebar like ArcA hidden Arc sidebar starts Zen in compact mode Toolbars like ArcSingle or separate toolbars, as Arc shows the address Easier drag-to-splitDrop a tab on another to split the view: wider target, half the delay
Three ways in

Bring a little, or all of it

Just tabs

Spaces, tabs and how they look. Nothing else in Zen changes.

Recommended

Arc as it was

Everything above: sign-ins, boosts, routing, languages and an Arc-like Zen.

No migration

Just the look

Zen keeps its tabs and spaces and gets Arc's look. Works without Arc installed.

Arc to Zen
Choosing spaces and items
One screen. Pick spaces on the left, a preset or single items on the right, and press Migrate.
Arc to Zen
A finished migration with its numbers and Open Zen
Done in seconds. See what landed in Zen, open it, or roll back if it isn't right.
Safe to try

Nothing you can't undo

Zen is backed up first

Before the first step, every time. One click puts Zen back exactly as it was, until you close the window.

Arc is only read

Arc's files are opened read-only and nothing in Arc changes. Cookies and passwords are decrypted in memory and never written out in plain text.

Latest release · v0.3.0

Download Arc to Zen

All releases
macOS, Apple Siliconarc-to-zen-v0.3.0-macos-arm64.zip · 41 MB macOS, Intelarc-to-zen-v0.3.0-macos-x64.zip · 43 MB Windowsarc-to-zen-v0.3.0-windows-x64.zip · 53 MB

First start on macOS. The app isn't signed yet, so macOS blocks it once. Open System Settings, then Privacy & Security, and click Open Anyway next to Arc to Zen.

First start on Windows. If SmartScreen stops it, click More info, then Run anyway. Each release lists SHA256SUMS.txt to check the download.