# greatsuspender/thegreatsuspender

A chrome extension for suspending all tabs to free up memory

Repository: https://github.com/greatsuspender/thegreatsuspender
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/thegreatsuspender
Homepage: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/the-great-suspender/klbibkeccnjlkjkiokjodocebajanakg/
Language: JavaScript
License: GPL-2.0
License Family: copyleft
Last push: 2023-08-11T12:51:27+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5104, "days_push": 1118, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 5081, forks 820 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:09.569455+00:00)

## What it is
The Great Suspender is a free, open-source Google Chrome extension that automatically suspends inactive tabs to free up memory and CPU. It lets users reclaim system resources when Chrome consumes too much or crashes frequently.

## Use cases
- reduce chrome memory usage from too many open tabs
- automatically suspend inactive browser tabs after a set time
- stop chrome from crashing due to high system resource consumption
- manually suspend or unsuspend individual tabs to free cpu
- whitelist specific urls so they never get suspended
- recover lost tabs after a browser crash or extension removal

## When to choose
- you keep dozens of tabs open and chrome eats all your RAM
- you want automatic, configurable tab suspension with whitelisting
- you prefer an open-source extension you can build and load from source

## When to avoid
- you use a browser other than Google Chrome
- you need a maintained alternative - the original was removed from the Chrome Web Store and forks like The Marvellous Suspender are recommended
- you rely on web sessions that must stay live, since suspended tabs lose their state

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: maintenance
- function: browser-extension, developer-tools
- domain: browser-extensions, developer-tools, performance
- platform: browser, browser-extension
- tags: chrome-extension, tab-management, memory-optimization, tab-suspension, browser-performance

## Member repositories
- greatsuspender/thegreatsuspender (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:09.569455+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T18:02:34.454578+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/greatsuspender/thegreatsuspender (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:09.569455+00:00, sha 2e23a7b08bd7)
  - homepage: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/the-great-suspender/klbibkeccnjlkjkiokjodocebajanakg/ (fetched 2026-08-29T08:57:41.448566+00:00, sha 9b1933bef93a)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.