Tab Suspender Pro — The Great Suspender Replacement

Auto-suspend inactive Chrome tabs to reclaim memory. No tracking. No limits. Free and open source.

Why This Exists

The Great Suspender was removed from the Chrome Web Store for containing malware. Tab Suspender Pro is a clean, privacy-first replacement built from scratch on Manifest V3.

Key Features

• Auto-suspend after configurable timeout — 5 min, 15 min, 30 min, 1 hour, or custom
• Whitelist domains — keep Gmail, Spotify, or any site always active
• Suspend / unsuspend all tabs — one click or keyboard shortcut
• Memory savings indicator — see exactly how much RAM you are reclaiming
• Smart exclusions — pinned tabs, tabs playing audio, and the active tab are never suspended
• Keyboard shortcuts — Alt+S suspend current, Alt+Shift+S suspend others, Alt+R restore all

Install

Get it from the Chrome Web Store

Or load from source:

git clone https://github.com/theluckystrike/zovo-tab-suspender-public.git

1. Open chrome://extensions
2. Enable Developer mode
3. Click Load unpacked and select the cloned folder

Privacy

Tab Suspender Pro collects zero data. No analytics, no telemetry, no external requests. All settings are stored locally on your device.

Permissions

Permission	Reason
tabs	Monitor activity and suspend/restore tabs
storage	Save settings and whitelist locally
alarms	Periodically check for idle tabs
scripting	Inject the suspend/restore UI into tabs

Contributing

1. Fork the repo
2. Create a feature branch
3. Test locally via chrome://extensions > Load unpacked
4. Open a pull request

Issues and feature requests: GitHub Issues

License

Business Source License 1.1 — free for personal and non-production use. Commercial use requires a separate license.