Tab Hibernation

Sends your inactive tabs to sleep

Tab Hibernation: Optimize PC performance by putting inactive tabs to sleep

Tab Hibernation is a Chrome extension that enhances your computer's performance by hibernating inactive tabs. It saves memory and CPU power, and allows you to restore tabs with a simple mouse click. The open-source extension offers additional features like automatic disabling for tabs with active audio, fast hibernation, URL-whitelist-support, locale-support, and provisions for contributing and translations.
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Extension stats

Users: 1,000+
Rating: 3.35
(17)
Version: 1.0 (Last updated: 2018-04-21)
Creation date: 2018-04-21
Risk impact: Moderate risk impact
Risk likelihood:
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • activeTab
  • tabs
  • contextMenus
  • storage
Size: 39.48K

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Not available on Android
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Not available on Edge
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Extension summary

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Tab Hibernation frees some memory and CPU on your computer by putting inactive tabs to sleep. Your tabs won't get lost and you can restore them with a single mouse click.

This extension is open-source, you can contribute at https://github.com/343max/TabHibernation/ If you speak english or german and a language that we don't support yet, please help with translation!

v1.0:

  • option to disable hibernation for tabs with active audio
  • Screenshots (when hibernating visible tabs)

v0.2.1:

  • fix page restoration if history was cleared (for example after chrome crashed)
  • use standard API instead of WebKit-specific KeyEvent for push-button-wakeup
  • make only the wakeup-button clickable

v0.2.0:

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User reviews

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 Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.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
  • Works Like A Charm
  • The best tab hibernation at this moment
  • Moon icon makes it easier to find hibernated tabs
Cons
  • Not working for the latest version
  • Doesn't work in Vivaldi
  • Extension stopped working after the last Chrome update
  • Some users claim it's a virus
Most mentioned
  • Not working at all
  • Not work for the latest version
  • Doesn't work in Vivaldi
  • Works Like A Charm
  • The best tab hibernation at this moment
User reviews
not working at all
by captain obvious, 2024-06-19

by Gleb Dovgal, 2024-02-18

Not work for the latest version
by Hiki, 2021-07-27
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Tab Hibernation requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk likelihood

Tab Hibernation has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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