The Great Suspender

The Great Suspender

Make your computer run smoothly by suspending the tabs you aren't using

What is The Great Suspender?
The Great Suspender is a lightweight Chrome extension that automatically suspends unused tabs to reduce memory usage and improve performance. Whitelist specific URLs, prevent suspending tabs with user input or playing audio, and customize behavior when browsing offline or on battery power.
Merlin
Stats
This extension was removed from Chrome Web Store on 2021-02-04 due to malware
Users: 2,132,103+
Rating: 4.30 (4,747)
Version: 7.1.9 (Last updated: 2020-11-25)
Risk impact: High risk impact
Risk likelihood: Very high risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • tabs
  • storage
  • history
  • unlimitedStorage
  • webRequest
  • webRequestBlocking
  • http://*/*
  • https://*/*
  • file://*/*
  • chrome://favicon/*
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Size: 276.48K
Price: Free
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Summary

A lightweight extension to reduce chrome's memory footprint. Perfect if you have a lot of tabs open at the same time. Tabs that have not been viewed after a configurable length of time will be automagically suspended in the background, freeing up the memory and CPU being consumed by that tab.

➤ Whitelist specific urls or domains that you do not want to suspend ➤ Optionally show screen capture of tab before it was suspended ➤ Vastly improves performance when restarting chrome with a large number of open tabs ➤ Detects tabs playing audio and can prevent them from suspending ➤ Detects tabs that contain forms with user input and can prevent them from suspending ➤ Configurable behaviour when browsing offline or on battery power ➤ Built from open source code for full transparency


2018-08-22: New version 7 released. Please report any issues here: https://github.com/deanoemcke/thegreatsuspender/issues

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User reviews
Good project, distrust in its future
by Viktor LOOSZ Viktor LOOSZ, 2021-02-03

So goooood
by Jaloliddin Ravshanov Jaloliddin Ravshanov, 2021-02-02

Suspicious activity from their side. https://www.ghacks.net/2021/01/09/we-no-longer-recommend-the-chrome-extension-the-great-suspender-here-is-why/
by Jason Premchand Jason Premchand, 2021-02-02
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Safety
Risk impact

The Great Suspender is risky to use as it requires a number of sensitive permissions that can potentially harm your browser and steal your data. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing. We recommend that you only install The Great Suspender if you trust the publisher.

Risk likelihood

The Great Suspender is very likely to contain malware and should not be trusted. Avoid installing.

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