Total Suspender

Total Suspender

A minimalistic web extension for firefox that suspends natively (with tabs.discard) all non-active tabs and requires only minimal permissions to store it's settings and filter URL's.

What is Total Suspender?
'Total Suspender' is a minimalist Firefox extension designed to optimize your browsing experience by natively suspending all inactive tabs, thereby freeing up system resources. It requires minimal permissions, allowing it to store its settings and filter URLs. Features include a whitelisting option to exempt specific tabs from being discarded and the ability to ignore tabs that are playing sound. It also offers a delayed suspend function. Notably, Total Suspender is actively maintained, open to new feature requests.
Merlin
Stats
By: k5md
Users: 2,303 ▲ 16
Rating: 4.16 (76)
Version: 3.7.0 (Last updated: 2020-04-18)
Creation date: 2019-02-02
Weekly download count: 30
Firefox on Android: No
Risk impact: Moderate risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • storage
  • tabs
  • menus
Size: 238.89K
URLs: Website
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Merlin
Summary

A minimalistic web extension for firefox that suspends natively (with tabs.discard) all non-active tabs and requires only minimal permissions to store it's settings and filter URL's.

  • Implements whitelisting feature. You can enter URLs or their parts to the corresponding field and the tabs, which url's contain these patterns will not be discarded. May be useful when reading manuals or browsing tubes.
  • Can ignore tabs playing sound
  • Implements delayed suspend feature

Note: This is not an abandonware, if you do have any functionality requests feel free to write this in a review.

User reviews
User reviews summary
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Pros
  • Easy to use and lightweight
  • Doesn't require unnecessary permissions
  • Allows customization of suspension time
  • Efficiently reduces CPU and memory usage
  • Shows number of open tabs
Cons
  • No option for manual discarding or restoring of tabs
  • Lacks visual indicators for suspended tabs
  • Can cause lag in heavy usage
  • Potentially increases memory usage
Most mentioned
  • Need for visual indicators for suspended tabs
  • Desire for manual control over tab suspension and restoration
  • Minimizing the browser's CPU and memory usage
Recent reviews
Please add the ability to change the time of suspending
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Safety
Risk impact

Total Suspender may not be safe to use and it requires some risky permissions. Exercise caution when installing this add-on. Review carefully before installing.

Risk likelihood

Total Suspender has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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