TabSnooze — Tab Suspender & Session Manager

Free your RAM. Auto-suspend inactive tabs, save named sessions, and sync across devices. Built for Chrome MV3.

TabSnooze — Tab Suspender & Session Manager Snooze tabs. Free your RAM. TabSnooze is a tab suspender built for Chrome's MV3 platform — auto-suspend inactive tabs, save named sessions, and sync across devices. ─────────────────────────────────────── WHAT TABSNOOZE DOES ─────────────────────────────────────── Your browser slows down when you have too many tabs open. TabSnooze suspends the ones you're not using — freeing their RAM instantly — and brings them back in one click exactly where you left off. Unlike Chrome's built-in memory saver, TabSnooze: ✓ Shows you a branded suspension page with the site's favicon and title — so you always know what's there ✓ Lets you click anywhere on the suspended page to wake it instantly ✓ Keeps your original URL intact — including query params, hashes, and fragments ✓ Shows you how much RAM you've freed in real time ✓ Respects your whitelist — domains you trust are never touched ─────────────────────────────────────── CORE FEATURES (FREE) ─────────────────────────────────────── Auto-Suspend Tabs you haven't looked at in a while suspend themselves automatically. Default: 20 minutes. Adjust to 1 minute up to 24 hours. Disable any time. Manual Suspend & Restore • Click "Suspend This Tab" in the popup • Or use the keyboard shortcut: Alt+Shift+S to suspend, Alt+Shift+R to restore • "Suspend All" and "Restore All" with one click Smart Skip Rules — Some tabs should never suspend: • Pinned tabs (optional toggle) • Tabs playing audio or video • chrome://, about:, and extension pages (always skipped) • Your whitelisted domains Whitelist Add any domain with one click from the popup ("Add Current Site"). Supports: • Exact domains: github.com • Wildcard subdomains: *.notion.so No regex — no risk of runaway patterns hanging your browser. Stats Bar The popup always shows "X tabs sleeping · Y MB freed." You see the value immediately — no digging through menus. Badge Counter The toolbar badge shows how many tabs are currently suspended. Turns green when active, disappears when everything is awake. Security • Sensitive URL parameters (access_token, password, auth, token, key) are automatically redacted on the suspension page — they're never displayed • No remote code execution • No <all_urls> host permission — TabSnooze cannot read your web traffic • CSP locked to script-src 'self' — no inline scripts, ever ─────────────────────────────────────── PRO FEATURES — SESSIONS & SYNC ─────────────────────────────────────── 14-day free trial. No credit card. Cancel anytime. Named Sessions (Pro) Working on five things at once? Save each context as a named session. One click opens all the tabs. One click saves them for later. • Unlimited named sessions • Restore sessions in the correct order (no tab chaos) • Sessions are preserved even if your trial expires — your work is never deleted Cross-Device Sync (Pro) Your sessions and settings follow you across Chrome profiles and devices via chrome.storage.sync. Restore your "Research" session on your laptop that you saved on your desktop. Pricing: • Monthly: $4.99/month • Annual: $41.99/year (save 30%) • Lifetime (Founding Members only): $129 once — first 300 users, then closes ─────────────────────────────────────── HOW IT WORKS ─────────────────────────────────────── 1. Install TabSnooze. It starts working immediately — no account required. 2. Inactive tabs suspend themselves after your chosen timeout. You'll see a clean suspension page in place of each sleeping tab. 3. Click the suspension page (anywhere — the whole page is a button) to wake that tab instantly. 4. The stats bar in the popup shows you exactly how much RAM you've freed. 5. When you're ready to level up, save your current tabs as a named session for instant recall. ─────────────────────────────────────── PRIVACY ─────────────────────────────────────── TabSnooze does not collect, transmit, or sell any data about you or your browsing. Everything stays local — in Chrome's own storage on your device. The only external connection TabSnooze ever makes is when you choose to buy a license (which opens the Paddle payment page in a new tab — TabSnooze itself never handles payment data). Full privacy policy: https://tab-snooze.com/privacy ─────────────────────────────────────── TECHNICAL ─────────────────────────────────────── • Built on Chrome Manifest V3 — will not be affected by MV2 sunset • No background pages — uses a service worker that respects Chrome's lifecycle • Single alarm for all tabs — won't hit Chrome's alarm quota limits • Minimum required permissions only: tabs, storage, alarms, activeTab • Open to feedback and bug reports — support@tabsnooze.com ─────────────────────────────────────── FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ─────────────────────────────────────── Q: Will my suspended tabs lose their place? A: No. TabSnooze stores the exact original URL (including query parameters and hash fragments) and restores it precisely. Scroll position is not preserved (Chrome does not allow this), but the page reloads at the correct URL. Q: Does TabSnooze work with Chrome's Memory Saver? A: Yes. They operate independently. TabSnooze gives you a visible suspension page and explicit control over what gets suspended. Chrome's Memory Saver is invisible. You can use both simultaneously — they won't conflict. Q: Can I suspend more than one window worth of tabs? A: Yes. "Suspend All" covers every window open in your current Chrome profile. Q: What happens to my sessions if my Pro trial expires? A: Your saved sessions are kept. You won't be able to create new sessions or restore existing ones without a license — but nothing is deleted. Upgrading to Pro re-enables everything immediately. Q: Is the lifetime deal really limited? A: Yes. The lifetime plan ($129 once) closes at 300 licenses. After that, it switches to monthly/annual plans only. There's no waiting list — when it's gone, it's gone. Q: Does TabSnooze read my browsing history? A: No. TabSnooze uses the `tabs` permission to see which tabs are open (their URLs and titles) so it can suspend and restore them. It does not send this information anywhere, and it does not have access to the content of pages. Q: I lost a suspended tab — where did it go? A: If a suspended tab is closed before being restored, the data is removed. TabSnooze cannot recover closed tabs (that would require browsing history access, which TabSnooze intentionally does not request). Use named sessions to protect important tab groups. ─────────────────────────────────────── SUPPORT ─────────────────────────────────────── Issues, feature requests, or questions: • Email: support@tab-snooze.com