Tiny Suspender

Unload / suspend / hibernate idle tabs to reduce memory and cpu usage.

What is Tiny Suspender?

'Tiny Suspender' is a Chrome extension designed to help manage your system's resources by automatically suspending or hibernating any idle browser tabs. It offers features like form detection to avoid suspending any ongoing operations, audio detection to keep tabs playing music alive, the creation of a whitelist for specific pages or domains, and the provision of keyboard shortcuts for quick access. Additionally, it leverages Chrome's native tab discard feature to further optimize resource saving and includes dark mode support for user convenience.

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By: https://sainsmograf.com

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Users: 10,000+

Rating: 4.09 (96)

Version: 2.0.3 (Last updated: 2023-03-09)

Creation date: 2017-01-19

Risk impact: Moderate risk impact

Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 3

Permissions:

activeTab
tabs
contextMenus
storage
alarms

Size: 36.32K

Email: ar*****@sainsmograf.com

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# 7853 ▼ 20

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#2823 in Workflow & Planning ▲ 8

#44 in prevent keyword 21

#46 in bug fixes keyword 58 ▲ 3

#48 in configure keyword 16

#52 in resource keyword 32 ▲ 1

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Summary

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Unload idle tabs to free your precious memory and cpu resources!

Tiny Suspender will automatically suspend/hibernate background tabs for you, greatly reducing overall system resource usage without you having to take any action. You can set how long to wait before suspending idle tabs and configure a whitelist to exclude certain pages from automatic suspension.

Features:

Form Detection: Tiny Suspender will try to detect active forms to avoid automatically suspending page with unsubmitted data
Audio Detection (optional): prevent autosuspending tabs that play music in the background.
Snooze: Temporarily prevent autosuspension on a specific tab or domain
Whitelist: Excludes specifics domains, pages, tabs or pinned tabs.
Keyboard Shortcuts: Suspend tabs without moving your hand away from your keyboard.

User reviews

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These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.

Pros

Frees up memory and is useful for tab management
Better alternative to other similar extensions
Customizable to exclude certain tabs or sites from being suspended

Cons

Whitelist and other settings not working reliably
Suspended tabs can lose unsaved data or comments on websites
Potentially causes lost tabs when extension is removed or disabled

Most mentioned

Issues with whitelist feature not functioning properly
Desire for a dark mode/OLED theme for the suspended page
Requests for better integration with different browsers and tab management features

Recent reviews

So far so good :) More often than not i have the open tab count close to or above the chrome maximum, and this plugin works well to save memory etc. I've used it for about a year, and so far i've not run into any problems with it - it does what it does, no unexpected behavior or crashes, etc. The only thing i wish is it had an option to load the icons of all the tabs on browser restart - it would help when you're at the point where you have to shut some tabs down. But that's a bonus that would be nice, i definitely recommend this plugin to multi-tab junkies.

Josef Schönbäck (Strobosaur), 2021-05-17

Came from The Great Suspender, I like being able to suspend when I CHOOSE TO, not automatically. Good replacement!

Beau Daniel, 2021-02-06

The whitelist does not work.

Вячеслав Kanazei, 2024-02-27

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Safety

Risk impact

Tiny Suspender may not be safe to use and it requires some risky permissions. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing.