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Simple Suspender

by eitanliu · Tools
Manifest V3 Free
View in Chrome Web Store Data as of 21 Oct 2026

A simple Manifest V3 tab suspender with the classic thegreatsuspender UI.

Users
25
+16 in 30 days
Rating
4.0 / 5
unchanged in 30 days
Ratings
3
0 in 30 days
Store rank
#142K
#118K among extensions
Version
0.1.3
updated 7 Sep 2026

Users

monthly, 2 months
01225Aug 2026Oct 2026Oct 2026
Latest, 21 Oct 2026: 25 usersMove the mouse over the chart for any month

Ratings count

monthly, 2 months
023Aug 2026Oct 2026Oct 2026
Latest, 21 Oct 2026: 3 ratingsMove the mouse over the chart for any month

The Chrome Web Store rounds user counts down to the leading digit, so the user line moves in steps. The ratings count is exact and is the better signal of real adoption.

About Simple Suspender

Simple Suspender is a lightweight Manifest V3 tab suspender that frees up memory by putting idle tabs to sleep — using the same clean interface as the original "The Great Suspender". FEATURES - Automatic idle suspension: tabs left idle past a time you choose are unloaded to free memory, then restored instantly on click. - Fully readable suspended-tab URLs: the original address is never re-encoded, so the address bar always shows exactly which page a suspended tab points to. Pressing F5/Ctrl+R on a suspended tab restores the original page. - Smart exclusions: skip pinned tabs, tabs playing audio, tabs with unsaved form input, the active tab, and suspension while offline or charging — each toggle is independent in Options. - Whitelist support: exclude pages by substring, domain, or regular expression so matched pages are never auto-suspended. - Full manual control: suspend, restore, pause auto-suspend, add to whitelist, or batch-suspend/restore a window or all windows — from the toolbar popup, the right-click context menu, or 9 customizable keyboard shortcuts. - Light and dark themes, with an optional screenshot preview on the suspended page instead of a plain illustration. - Session snapshots & crash recovery: tab state is saved periodically so you can restore your last session with one click after an unexpected browser exit; a history page lets you browse, export, and import past snapshots. - Bilingual UI (English / Chinese). WHY SUSPEND TABS? Keeping dozens of tabs open eats memory and slows your browser down. Simple Suspender frees that memory automatically while keeping every tab exactly where you left it — one click brings it right back. Open source under GPL-2.0: https://github.com/eitanliu/simple-suspender

Growth

WindowUsersChangeRatingsRating
7 days+2+8.7%00.00
30 days+16+177.8%00.00

Version history

4 versions recorded
0.1.37 Sep 2026
0.1.21 Sep 2026
0.1.126 Aug 2026
0.1.025 Aug 2026

Details

Category
Tools
First seen
25 Aug 2026
Size
117 KB
Languages
en, zh-CN
Pricing
Free
Extension ID
hpljhjlgfbpoepmigkndpdgpljeabjbp

Permissions and risk

Elevated riskimpact 3, likelihood 3
Permissions
tabsactiveTabstoragecontextMenusalarmsfaviconoffscreenscriptingunlimitedStorage
Site access
http://*/*https://*/*
Can read and change data on every website you visit.

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