rNeomy/auto-tab-discard
Use native tab discarding method to automatically reduce memory usage of inactive tabs observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
67/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 3174
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 8
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1193 stars · 107 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Auto Tab Discard is a browser extension that uses the native tab discarding API (chrome.tabs.discard) to automatically discard inactive tabs and reduce memory and CPU usage. It supports Chrome, Firefox, Edge, and Opera, with configurable exceptions such as pinned tabs, playing media, and whitelisted sites.
Use cases
- reduce browser memory usage from inactive tabs
- automatically discard tabs after inactivity
- stop background scripts from consuming CPU
- exclude pinned tabs or playing media from discarding
- manually discard all tabs in a window
- whitelist certain websites from being discarded
When to choose
- you keep many tabs open and want to free RAM automatically
- you want native discarding that preserves page state like scroll position
- you need fine-grained exceptions for pinned, media, or whitelisted tabs
When to avoid
- you need tabs to keep syncing or fetching data in the background
- you want to close tabs entirely rather than discard them
- you use a browser that does not support the native discard API
Facets
plugin · maturity active
browser-extension developer-tools browser-extensions developer-tools performance browser browser-extension tab-management memory-optimization webextension chrome-extension firefox-addon
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/rNeomy/auto-tab-discard · fetched 2026-08-28 · 7cdfbf31ad6c
- homepage: https://webextension.org/listing/tab-discard.html · fetched 2026-08-29 · fdeb1b1a397c
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| rNeomy/auto-tab-discard | main | 67 |
For agents
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