The Great Discarder Alternatives
The Great Discarder is described as 'Automatically discards unused tabs to free up system resources. Suspend tabs to reduce chrome memory usage. Uses chrome's native tab discarding' and is an app in the os & utilities category. There are six alternatives to The Great Discarder for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mozilla Firefox, Mac, Google Chrome and Linux apps. The best The Great Discarder alternative is Auto Tab Discard, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like The Great Discarder are Firemin, UnloadTab, Tiny Suspender and Total Suspender.
- Free • Open Source
- 7 Auto Tab Discard alternatives
Auto Tab Discard a lightweight extension that uses the native method (tabs.discard) to unload or suspend browser tabs to significantly reduce the memory footprint of your browser when many tabs are opened.
License model
- Free • Open Source
Platforms
- Online
- Microsoft Edge
- Google Chrome
- Opera
- Firefox
Auto Tab Discard Features
- 6 Firemin alternatives
Firemin is a 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.
License model
- Free • Open Source
Country of Origin
South Africa
Platforms
- Windows
- Firefox
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.
License model
- Free • Open Source
Country of Origin
United States
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Firefox
DiscontinuedThe last update was on February 11th, 2014.
UnloadTab Features
Tiny Suspender Features
License model
- Free • Open Source
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Firefox
Total Suspender Features
This Chrome/Iron extension is inspired by the excellent Firefox extension - BarTab, although it's much less sophisticated and powerful.
License model
- Free • Proprietary
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Google Chrome
DiscontinuedLast Update: 2016-11-29