Compare Chrome extensions: Sleep Timer vs Sleepy Tabs

Stats Sleep Timer Sleep Timer Sleepy Tabs Sleepy Tabs
User count 120 234
Average rating 3.00 3.00
Rating count 2 2
Last updated 2021-08-24 2018-03-01
Size 24.28K 7.51K
Version 1.0.3 1.1
Short description
Put any tab on a sleep timer to close or mute the tab when the timer expires. This extension puts to sleep tabs that have not been viewed after a while.
Full summary

This is a fix for Tab Sleep Timer by Daniel de Haas which has a bug that causes the add-on to stop working if a timer is ever cancelled. This bug also exists in the Firefox version of the add-on. The original add-on has not been updated for months as of the time I am writing this, so I am assuming it may be abandoned and I decided to offer this fix. If the author fixes his version I will remove this one.

This extension helps you preserve your precious memory:

  • sends inactive tabs to sleep automatically after a set number of minutes (can be changed through the options).
  • optionally keeps inactive tabs awake based on an exclude list of domains set in the options.
  • discarded tabs wake up and reload as soon as they're opened.

You can now keeps all your favorite tabs opened without worrying about RAM consumption, and still get to receive notifications from your preferred webapps thanks to the exclude list.