xTab VS Auto Tab Discard

20. I use xTab (https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/xtab/amddgdnlkmohapieeekfknakgdnpbleb?hl=en) which automatically closes the oldest tab unless I pin it to stay at 20 or less tabs. Don't miss the tabs that close on their own at all. - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago

Extensity - helps you create profiles for extensions, e.g. I have one for when I QA, one 'minimal' with most turned off, one for design, etc. Also makes it easy to toggle on/off extensions Xtab - max number of tabs. Helps keep me focused on what I need since it will auto-close the oldest/least recently accessed tab when new ones are opened. Source: over 1 year ago

I normally leave tabs open in case I want to soon revisit them. I like xTab as a solution for this. It automatically closes the oldest tab after x are open. I just need to remember to pin tabs I don't want it to close (such as those used for meetings.) https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/xtab/amddgdnlkmohapieeekfknakgdnpbleb?hl=en. - Source: Hacker News / almost 2 years ago

xTab is an amazing browser extension for Chrome, and it automatically limits the number of tabs you can have open at any time, by closing the least-used tab when you open a new one. Source: about 2 years ago

You might want to ask on developer of the addon: https://add0n.com/tab-discard.html. Source: over 1 year ago

Not to be an enabler or anything, but have you tried Auto Tab Discard? Only active tabs will be loaded, so you can have thousands upon thousands of tabs without any impact on memory usage or performance. Source: over 1 year ago

I use Auto Tab Discard [0], which offloads tabs after a period of time. They still show as normal tabs (with a "ZZZ" icon to indicate it's been discarded), and the website reloads when I switch to them. When I open the browser after closing it, the session is restored with all but the current tab offloaded so it opens quickly and using very little resources. My current session has tens of tabs, only a handful of... - Source: Hacker News / almost 2 years ago

I'm using Auto Tab Discard for very fine control but it is not needed most of the time. FF does this automatically now via Tab Unloading. Source: over 2 years ago

If something like Google Chrome is using a lot of power, can I determine which sites are using the most resources in its Task Manager (Shift+Esc)? Can I use something like Auto Tab Discard to minimize resource usage in tabs I'm not using? Source: over 2 years ago