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
Latest, 21 Oct 2026:25 usersMove the mouse over the chart for any month
Ratings count
monthly, 2 months
Latest, 21 Oct 2026:3 ratingsMove the mouse over the chart for any month
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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