Firemin Alternatives

Firemin is described as 'small utility to reduce the amount of memory Firefox or other browsers use. Although Firefox memory usage improved a little over the last few years, it still uses a lot of memory; a little more than we feel comfortable with' and is an app in the os & utilities category. There are five alternatives to Firemin for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Linux, Firefox and Google Chrome. The best alternative is UnloadTab, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Firemin are Tiny Suspender, Dormancy, Total Suspender and FooTab.

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Firemin

Free • Open Source

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Firefox

Firemin is a small utility to reduce the amount of memory Firefox or other browsers use. Although Firefox memory usage...

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UnloadTab
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Free • Open Source
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Firefox
7 alternatives to UnloadTab
An essential add-on for power users that have many tabs open. Curb your resource usage by unloading tabs that you haven't visited for a while. An unloaded tab is restored back to its original state when you need it again.
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Memory usage
Memory Optimization
Discontinued
The last update was on February 11th, 2014.
Tiny Suspender
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Free • Proprietary
Tab Manager
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Google Chrome
18 alternatives to Tiny Suspender
Unload / suspend / hibernate idle tabs to reduce memory and cpu usage.
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Tiny Suspender Features
Multiple Browser Tabs
Dormancy
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Free • Open Source
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Firefox
6 alternatives to Dormancy
Dormancy 'retires' tabs that have gone unused for a while, freeing up that memory. It then restores the tabs to life when accessed.
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Memory Optimization
Discontinued
The last update was on June 17th, 2012.
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Total Suspender
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Free • Open Source
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Firefox
11 alternatives to Total Suspender
Firefox extension to suspend tab processes.
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Total Suspender Features
1. Extensible by Plugins/ExtensionsTotal Suspender can be extended with add-ons, plugins and extensions.
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FooTab
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Free • Proprietary
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Google Chrome
5 alternatives to FooTab
This Chrome/Iron extension is inspired by the excellent Firefox extension - BarTab, although it's much less sophisticated and powerful.

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Discontinued
Last Update: 2016-11-29
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UnloadTab

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Tiny Suspender

Tiny Suspender Features

Dormancy

Dormancy Features

Total Suspender

Total Suspender Features

FooTab