The Great Suspender Alternatives for Mac

The Great Suspender is not available for Mac but there are some alternatives that runs on macOS with similar functionality. The best Mac alternative is Workona, which is free. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 10 alternatives to The Great Suspender and nine of them are available for Mac so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Mac alternatives to The Great Suspender are Tab Wrangler, UnloadTab, Total Suspender and Tab Stacker.

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Alternatives list

  1. Workona icon
     18 likes

    Enables organizing browser tabs into modular workspaces for project management, meetings, and workflows across Chrome and Firefox, helping reduce clutter, maintain focus, and access all resources or dashboards in one place, supporting seamless collaboration and context switching.

    52 Workona alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Microsoft Edge
    • Vivaldi
    • Google Chrome
    • Brave
    • Chromium
    • Mozilla Firefox
     
  2. Tab Wrangler icon
     7 likes

    Efficient tab manager auto-closes idle tabs at user-defined intervals while saving them safely in the Tab Corral for later access. Offers comprehensive settings, Chrome synchronization, tab locking, and ensures pinned tabs remain untouched to optimize browser performance.

    11 Tab Wrangler alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Chrome OS
    • Google Chrome
    • Mozilla Firefox
     
  3. UnloadTab icon
     6 likes

    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Firefox
     
  4. Firefox extension to suspend tab processes.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Firefox
     
  5.  1 like

    Moves tabs so they are always sorted in most recently used (MRU) order. Pinned tabs will stay in place.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Chrome OS
    • Google Chrome
    • Chromium
     
  6. Dustman icon
     15 likes

    If you tend to open too many tabs, closing them when no longer needed could be a tedious task. Fortunately you don't have to do it yourself.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Firefox
     
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    Dustman vs The Great Suspender Comments
    James Long
    Negative
    -1

    This one automagically closes tabs you haven't viewed recently. That means that you're depending on Chrome's notoriously rotten History function to get back old tabs.

    BAD idea.

    • Dustman is Free and Open SourceThe Great Suspender is also Free and Open Source
  7. AutoClose Tabs will automatically close tabs that have not been used for a long time.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Firefox
     
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    AutoClose Tabs vs The Great Suspender Comments
    James Long
    Negative
    0

    This one also will automatically close your tabs, forcing you to rely on Chrome's crappy History function to retrieve them.

    • AutoClose Tabs is Free and ProprietaryThe Great Suspender is Free and Open Source
  8. TooManyTabs icon
     3 likes

    Ever tried having 20 tabs or more open in Chrome? You can’t even see the favicon of the tabs, not to mention the tab titles! If that happens to you, TooManyTabs is a must-have extension that manages your tabs, reduces your tab overflow, and saves your sanity!

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Google Chrome
     
  9. FooTab icon
     Like

    This Chrome/Iron extension is inspired by the excellent Firefox extension - BarTab, although it's much less sophisticated and powerful.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Google Chrome
     
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