# Performance Tab Controller

> Improve your browsing speed by automatically suspending tabs.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/performance-tab-controller](https://chrome-stats.com/d/performance-tab-controller)

## Overview

- **ID:** `performance-tab-controller`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Winberg
- **Category:** web-development,tabs
- **Daily users:** 20
- **Weekly downloads:** 1
- **Rating:** 5.00 / 5 (1 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.0
- **Last updated:** 2025-05-08
- **First published:** 2025-05-05
- **Size:** 14 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-07
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/performance-tab-controller/)

## Description

Performance Tab Controller ensures that inactive tabs don’t consume unnecessary system resources, keeping your browsing experience fast and smooth.

## Rankings

- #24,585 — Overall
- #9 — performance
- #170 — format
- #202 — self control
- #232 — control

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `tabs`
- `storage`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Low risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/performance-tab-controller)