Tiny Suspender chrome extension

Version: 2.0.3
Tiny Suspender
Unload / suspend / hibernate idle tabs to reduce memory and cpu usage.
4.15 Based on 80 user rates

What is Tiny Suspender?

Tiny Suspender is a tab suspender extension for chrome. it's a free extension and is featured in Productivity, it has 10,000+ active users since released its first version, it earns an average rating of 4.15 from 80 rated user, last update is 424 days ago.


What’s new in version 2.0.3?

                Unload idle tabs to free your precious memory and cpu resources!

Tiny Suspender will automatically suspend/hibernate background tabs for you, greatly reducing overall system resource usage without you having to take any action. You can set how long to wait before suspending idle tabs and configure a whitelist to exclude certain pages from automatic suspension.

Features:

- Form Detection: Tiny Suspender will try to detect active forms to avoid automatically suspending page with unsubmitted data

- Audio Detection (optional): prevent autosuspending tabs that play music in the background.

- Snooze: Temporarily prevent autosuspension on a specific tab or domain

- Whitelist: Excludes specifics domains, pages, tabs or pinned tabs.

- Keyboard Shortcuts: Suspend tabs without moving your hand away from your keyboard.

- Optionally use Chrome's native tab discard feature to save even more resources when your background tabs get suspended.

- Allow opening links in a new suspended tab

- Dark Mode theme (optional)

Feedback is always welcome!
- Source code and issue tracking are available at https://github.com/arifwn/TinySuspender
- Due to limitation of Chrome Web Store developer portal, extension developers are not automatically notified every time a user leave a feedback to report an issue. Please use email or github issue report ( https://github.com/arifwn/TinySuspender/issues ) if you need fast response.

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Chrome Permissions used in this extension:

- tabs & activeTab: allows various tab suspension/restore features and form detection feature.

- contextMenus: allows adding "suspend tab" menu item and "open link in new suspended tab" in right click context menu.

- storage: allows saving extension configuration

- alarm: allows centralized and more reliable autosuspension timer

- chrome://favicon/* : allows retrieving suspended page's favicon.

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Changelog:

- v2.0.3:
    - Misc. bug fixes

- v2.0.2:
    - Manifest v3 support
    - Added support to temporarily whitelist a domain from suspension
    - Added Incognito Mode support
    - Added context menu option to open links in a new suspended tab
    - Fixed icon update behavior

- v1.3.0:
    - Added dark mode toggle (thanks Abdusco for the pull request on github!)

- v1.2.0:
    - Happy new year!
    - Added an option to skip autosuspension when offline
    - Added support for keyboard shortcuts
    - Tiny Suspender will now try to restore tab scroll position

- v1.1.0:
    - Added option to skip pinned tabs from automatic suspension
    - "Suspend All Tabs" and "Suspend Other Tabs" now will skip whitelisted pages.
    - Added experimental support for Chrome native tab discard feature. Enable it from the settings screen.

- v1.0.1: Minor bugfix

- v1.0.0: We have reached version 1!
    - improved autosuspension timer by using Chrome's alarm api. Requires new permission.
    - UI improvements. Now you can always see tab suspension status from the popup. Status is also reflected as color-coded icon
    - improved form detection.
    - added an option to enable autorestore when a suspended tab is brought to foreground.
    - added an option to prevent autosuspending audible tabs. Useful for online music player.


- v0.1.4: fix a bug in suspension procedure.

- v0.1.3: removed unnecessary permissions.

- v0.1.2: switching away from unloaded page willl trigger automatic suspend timer.

- v0.1.1: fixed bug in whitelisting and auto-suspension feature.            

How to install Tiny Suspender?

You could download the latest version crx file or older version files and install it.


Preview of Tiny Suspender


Technical Features:

  • Latest Version: 2.0.3
  • Requirements: Windows Chrome, Mac Chrome
  • License: Free
  • Latest update: Wednesday, March 8th, 2023
  • Author: Arif Widi Nugroho

Tiny Suspender Available languages:

English (United States).


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Reviews of tiny suspender:


RayDillanV March 31st, 2023
RayDillanV

I've been using this extension going on two years now and it does it exactly what it says. It saves memory and usually makes my life easier... as someone working with software, I often have into the 30s+ in tabs open. You can customize it to not suspend websites or specific pages as well. Even though I have a lot of memory, this simple extension makes chrome my go-to despite its tendency to act like it needs more than 3 gigs max of ram to run multiple videos at once.


Gangus K (Gangus is Gamer Tag) November 19th, 2022
Gangus K (Gangus is Gamer Tag)

I used to stand by this Extension until settings STOPPED Working! No matter what time you put in this app suspends tabs almost immediately! It also does NOT work according to "White Listed" tabs and You'll LOSE Comments on Twitter or other sites when they too are all SUSPENDED!


Kenneth Thomas June 27th, 2022
Kenneth Thomas

BEWARE. Once you enable it-- there appears to be no way to back out of having your tabs controlled by it. If you disable, tabs it has suspended are lost. If you try "unsuspend all," no go. You're stuck. Tell it not to suspend any more tabs? It keeps doing so. And it obfuscates tab icons / names when it suspends. Naughty naughty, hard to work with.

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