Memory Saver

Reduce Chrome's memory usage by setting inactive tabs to sleep or system memory is low

Memory Saver Chrome Extension

Memory Saver is a lightweight Chrome extension that reduces memory usage by putting inactive tabs to sleep. It automatically reloads sleeping tabs when switched to and won't put tabs playing audio or video to sleep. It also monitors system memory and puts tabs to sleep when memory is low. Customizable settings offer flexibility for users.

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By: IeraciSoft

Users: 10,000+

Rating: 3.44

(25)

Version: 1.6 (Last updated: 2024-06-10)

Creation date: 2020-07-15

Risk impact: Moderate risk impact

Risk likelihood:

Very low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 3

Permissions:

storage
alarms
system.memory

Host permissions:

*://*/*

Size: 13.97K

Email: gi*****@gmail.com

Ranking

# 8,979 ▼ 106

Other rankings

#7428 in Workflow & Planning ▼ 46 #1 in memory keyword 13 #26 in usage keyword 14 #154 in system keyword 15

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Extension summary

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Lightweight extension that reduces Chrome's memory usage by putting inactive tabs to sleep.

Using Chrome's built in tab discarding feature, when a tab is inactive or system memory critically low, the extension discards the background tabs freeing up memory.

Once you switch the focus to the sleeping tab, it gets automatically reloaded. Tabs playing audio or video won't be put to sleep.

=== Main Features===

Tabs are put to sleep when not in use for 10 minutes (the interval can be customized in the settings).

Tabs are put to sleep when system memory is low. The extension will set a default low memory threshold depending by the total amount of system memory. This value can be customized.

The extension will periodically check the amount of free system memory. This interval is set by default to 5 minutes and can be customized.

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User reviews

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Pros

Effective at reducing memory usage
No configuration needed for some users
Can help with performance

Cons

Causes issues with opening links in new tabs, often resulting in an about:blank page
Automatically snoozes tabs without user control
Lacks configurability and options for excluding certain tabs

Most mentioned

Problems with opening links in new tabs
Memory savings reported by users
Issues with losing all tabs unexpectedly

User reviews

pretty good. but chrome already has this

Daniel “The_AgentBoy” Daniels, 2024-09-16

So there's a problem with this extension where selecting to open a link in new tab just returns an about:blank page this started happening recently if that helps No other problems so far