TabRest automatically suspends your inactive tabs to free up memory and CPU. Built as the spiritual successor to The Great Suspender — for the 1M+ users left stranded when it went dark.
Tabs idle for 30 min (configurable) are suspended — memory freed, CPU saved. Suspend any tab manually with Ctrl+Shift+S.
Keep specific sites always active. Add youtube.com, notion.so, or any domain — TabRest will never suspend them.
Suspended tabs show a clean placeholder with the original title and favicon. Click anywhere to instantly reload.
The extension icon shows how many tabs are currently suspended. Know your browser's memory footprint at a glance.
Everything runs locally in your browser. No account required. No telemetry. Open source under MIT license.
Your whitelist, timeout, and preferences sync across all your Chrome browsers via Chrome sync.
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