Tab Suspender

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

Tab Suspender

Extension stats

Users: 948
Rating: 3.00
(2)
Version: 7.1.6 (Last updated: 2021-02-13)
Creation date: 2021-02-13
Risk impact: High risk impact
Risk likelihood:
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • tabs
  • storage
  • history
  • unlimitedStorage
  • http://*/*
  • https://*/*
  • file://*/*
  • chrome://favicon/*
  • contextMenus
  • cookies
Size: 280.58K

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Not available on Android
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Not available on Edge
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Extension summary

Tab Suspender is a fork of the now delisted "The Great Suspender" without the new malicious code. For people who find that chrome is consuming too much system resource or suffer from frequent chrome crashing. Once installed and enabled, this extension will automatically suspend tabs that have not been used for a while, freeing up memory and cpu that the tab was consuming.

User reviews

Not open source. No link to source code provided. Link to original malicious project is present in About tab.
by Thomas Kaldahl, 2022-06-14

Working well so far.
by Ruben Change, 2021-03-01
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Tab Suspender requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk likelihood

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

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