CoolScalpel for Chrome

CoolScalpel for Chrome helps users detect and deal with problematic background tabs that consume too much memory or keep running after they are no longer in use. When your browser slows down, your laptop fan spins up, or your computer starts getting hot, the real issue is often not the number of tabs itself, but a few pages that keep consuming memory and running scripts in the background. CoolScalpel helps you identify those tabs quickly. Unlike traditional tab-suspension extensions that discard everything after a fixed timeout, CoolScalpel diagnoses first and acts second. It analyzes page memory usage, memory growth trends, and background activity to classify tabs by risk level, then surfaces the ones most likely to be causing slowdowns, heat, and battery drain. Key features: - Detects high-impact background tabs - Shows risk-based diagnostics - Lets you discard problematic tabs with one click - Supports domain-based auto discard - Displays system memory pressure - Includes safeguards for audible tabs, pinned tabs, and tabs with edited forms Useful for: - Browsers that become slow with many tabs open - Laptops with constant fan noise or heat - Finding which tab is misbehaving in the background - Keeping tabs open while reclaiming system resources CoolScalpel is designed to help users keep Chrome responsive without aggressively discarding everything.