Compare Chrome extensions: Tab Hibernation vs TooManyTabs for Chrome

Stats Tab Hibernation Tab Hibernation TooManyTabs for Chrome TooManyTabs for Chrome
User count 300,000+ 100,000+
Average rating 2.18 4.16
Rating count 453 1,654
Last updated 2013-03-29 2020-05-28
Size 54.11K 312.32K
Version 0.1.3 2.3
Short description
Sends your inactive tabs to sleep Manage your tabs, improve your browsing, and maintain your sanity when you have many tabs open.
Full summary

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

If you would like to fork your own version you might do so here: https://github.com/343max/TabHibernation/

v 0.1.3:

  • now using data URIs so your hibernated tabs won't get closed when uninstalling/updating the extension (sorry about that).

v 0.1.2:

  • is now able to restore form fields sometimes
  • hit space key to restore a visible tab

Ever tried having 20 tabs or more open in Chrome? You can’t even see the favicon of the tabs, not to mention the tab titles! If that happens to you, TooManyTabs is a must-have extension that manages your tabs, reduces your tab overflow, and saves your sanity!

From the makers of TooManyTabs for Firefox, TMT has come to Chrome to help all your tab needs!

Features

  • NEW in 2.3! Backup with Chrome Local Storage
  • Bird's eye view of all opened tabs
  • Preview of tab's content [Require Optional Permission]
  • Instant tab search
  • Sort tabs by creation time, domain or title
  • Remember recently closed tabs (within TMT)
  • Suspend idle tabs and save memory, organize with custom columns
  • Custom themes
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