Dormancy

Name: Dormancy
Rating: 4.6667 (12 reviews)
Author: dietrich ayala

Dormancy 'retires' tabs that have gone unused for a while, freeing up that memory. It then restores the tabs to life when accessed.

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Features & Capabilities

Dormancy is a Chrome extension designed to optimize your browser's performance by managing inactive tabs efficiently. It 'retires' tabs that haven't been used for a customizable period (defaulting to 10 minutes), freeing up valuable system memory. When you revisit a retired tab, Dormancy seamlessly restores it, ensuring no loss of your browsing context or form data.

Users can adjust the inactivity timeout interval via the extension's toolbar icon, tailoring it to their browsing habits. Dormancy leverages underlying Firefox APIs (compatible with Chrome) to maintain form data integrity during tab suspension and restoration. For feedback, issues, or feature requests, users can visit the project's GitHub repository. Overall, Dormancy enhances browser speed and reduces memory usage by smartly managing dormant tabs without disrupting your workflow.

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Version:

3.4.4resigned1 Last updated: 2024-04-25

Version code:

5726075

Creation date:

2011-09-02

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Size:

130.28KB

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Source:

Firefox Add-ons Store

Data ingested on:

2026-06-15

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Developed by:

dietrich ayala

Firefox Add-ons Store

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/dormancy/

Website:

https://github.com/autonome/Dormancy

User Reviews

Works perfectly. Thank you!

by Dh*****, 2023-11-21

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Is Dormancy Safe?

Risk impact

Risk impact measures the level of extra permissions an extension has access to. A low risk impact extension cannot do much harms, whereas a high risk impact extension can do a lot of damage like stealing your password, bypassing your security settings, and accessing your personal data. High risk impact extensions are not necessarily malicious. However, if they do turn malicious, they can be very harmful.

Dormancy requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

Critical Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.

Risk likelihood

Risk likelihood measures the probability that a Firefox add-on may turn malicious. This is determined by the publisher and the Firefox add-on reputation on Firefox Add-ons Store, the amount of time the Firefox add-on has been around, and other signals about the Firefox add-on. Our algorithms are not perfect, and are subject to change as we discover new ways to detect malicious extensions. We recommend that you always exercise caution when installing a Firefox add-on.

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

Risk likelihood analysis details

High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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