The Marvellous Suspender
Free your memory. Suspend what you don't need.
A free, open-source Chrome extension - no ads, no tracking.
Based on The Great Suspender, cleaned up and actively maintained.
Once installed and enabled, this extension will automatically suspend tabs that have not been used for a default, or user-configurable, time interval. As a result, resources such as memory and CPU that the tab was consuming are freed.
If you have suggestions or problems using the extension, please submit a bug or a feature request.
Chrome Web Store
The Marvellous Suspender is available via the official Chrome Web Store.
For more information on the permissions required by the extension, see kb.marvellouscode.works/docs/TMS/permissions.
Install as an extension from source
Requires Google Chrome 110 or later (Manifest V3).
- Download the latest available version and unarchive to your preferred location.
- In Google Chrome, navigate to
chrome://extensions/and enable Developer mode (toggle in the upper right corner). - Click Load unpacked extension....
- Browse to the
srcdirectory of the unarchived folder and confirm.
The "welcome" page will open indicating successful installation.
Be sure to unsuspend all suspended tabs before removing any other version of the extension - suspended tabs that are removed will disappear forever.
Build from source
Dependencies: openssl, npm.
npm install
npm run generate-key
npm run build
Output should end with:
Done, without errors.
The extension in .crx format will be inside build/crx/. You can drag it into chrome://extensions to install locally.
"This extension is not listed in the Chrome Web Store" - if Chrome prevents you from enabling the
.crx, extract the.zipfrombuild/zip/, navigate tochrome://extensions, click Load unpacked extension..., browse to the extracted folder, and confirm.
Contributing
Contributions are very welcome. Feel free to submit pull requests for new features and bug fixes. For new features, please raise an issue first so we can discuss the approach - this will go a long way to ensuring your pull request is accepted.
Localization (l10n)
Help localize the extension into your language via Crowdin: crowdin.com/project/tms.
If your language is not available, submit a feature request.
[!IMPORTANT]
Onlyen(English) andit(Italian) are maintained directly and can be relied upon as accurate.
All other languages were recently brought up to date with AI assistance to close large translation gaps - the result should be functional, but has not had a native-speaker review pass.
If you're fluent in one of these languages, corrections and improvements via Crowdin are very welcome.
License
This work is licensed under a GNU General Public License v2.
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