https://github.com/bitforger/thegreatersuspender
Fork of popular extension The Great Suspender made more privacy respecting.
https://github.com/bitforger/thegreatersuspender
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Fork of popular extension The Great Suspender made more privacy respecting.
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/bitforger/thegreatersuspender
- Owner: BitForger
- License: gpl-2.0
- Created: 2021-02-12T04:23:02.000Z (over 5 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2023-07-19T06:36:52.000Z (almost 3 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2023-09-06T05:44:51.520Z (almost 3 years ago)
- Topics: chrome, chrome-extension, javascript, privacy, security, suspender, thegreatsuspender
- Language: JavaScript
- Homepage:
- Size: 7.45 MB
- Stars: 6
- Watchers: 2
- Forks: 1
- Open Issues: 5
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE
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README
# The Greater (More Private) Suspender
:bangbang: _This is a fork and update of the now suspiciously managed extension. I'm stripping all analytics code out of it and making it available to anyone to build from source._ :bangbang:
"The Greater Suspender" is a free and open-source Google Chrome extension for people who find that chrome is consuming too much system resource or suffer from frequent chrome crashing. Once installed and enabled, this extension will automatically *suspend* tabs that have not been used for a while, freeing up memory and cpu that the tab was consuming.
If you have suggestions or problems using the extension, please [submit a bug or a feature request](https://github.com/bitforger/thegreatersuspender/issues/).
**If you have lost tabs from your browser:** I have written a guide for how to recover your lost tabs [here](https://github.com/deanoemcke/thegreatsuspender/issues/526
).
### Chrome Web Store
:bangbang: _**There is not a version currently publish on the chrome store**_ :bangbang:
For more information on the permissions required for the extension, please refer to this gitHub issue: (https://github.com/greatsuspender/thegreatsuspender/issues/213)
### Install as an extension from source
1. Download the **[latest available version](https://github.com/bitforger/thegreatersuspender/releases)** and unarchive to your preferred location (whichever suits you).
2. Using **Google Chrome** browser, navigate to chrome://extensions/ and enable "Developer mode" in the upper right corner.
3. Click on the Load unpacked extension... button.
4. Browse to the src directory of the unarchived folder and confirm.
If you have completed the above steps, the "welcome" page will open indicating successful installation of the extension.
Be sure to unsuspend all suspended tabs before removing any other version of the extension or they will disappear forever!
### Build from github
Dependencies: openssl, npm.
Clone the repository and run these commands:
```
npm install
npm run generate-key
npm run build
```
It should say:
```
Done, without errors.
```
~~The extension in crx format will be inside the build/crx/ directory. You can drag it into [extensions] (chrome://extensions) to install locally.~~
As of Chrome 70(ish, I don't remember the exact version) you can no longer side load extensions from third party locations. You can load unpacked from source or install
via the Chrome Web Store.
### Integrating with another Chrome extension or app
This extension has a small external api to allow other extensions to request the suspension of a tab. See [this issue](https://github.com/greatsuspender/thegreatsuspender/issues/276) for more information. And please let me know about it so that I can try it out!
### Windows Group Policies
It is possible to force settings by defining group policies on Microsoft
Windows.
The whitelist is stored internally as a string, with one URL per line.
The following settings can be defined:
* `SCREEN_CAPTURE` (string, default: '0')
* `SCREEN_CAPTURE_FORCE` (boolean, default: false)
* `SUSPEND_IN_PLACE_OF_DISCARD` (boolean, default: false)
* `DISCARD_IN_PLACE_OF_SUSPEND` (boolean, default: false)
* `USE_ALT_SCREEN_CAPTURE_LIB` (boolean, default: false)
* `DISCARD_AFTER_SUSPEND` (boolean, default: false)
* `IGNORE_WHEN_OFFLINE` (boolean, default: false)
* `IGNORE_WHEN_CHARGING` (boolean, default: false)
* `UNSUSPEND_ON_FOCUS` (boolean, default: false)
* `IGNORE_PINNED` (boolean, default: true)
* `IGNORE_FORMS` (boolean, default: true)
* `IGNORE_AUDIO` (boolean, default: true)
* `IGNORE_ACTIVE_TABS` (boolean, default: true)
* `IGNORE_CACHE` (boolean, default: false)
* `ADD_CONTEXT` (boolean, default: true)
* `SYNC_SETTINGS` (boolean, default: true)
* `SUSPEND_TIME` (string (minutes), default: '60')
* `NO_NAG` (boolean, default: false)
* `WHITELIST` (string (one URL per line), default: '')
* `THEME` (string, default: 'light')
### Contributing to this extension
Contributions are very welcome. Feel free to submit pull requests for new features and bug fixes. For new features, ideally you would raise an issue for the proposed change first so that we can discuss ideas. This will go a long way to ensuring your pull request is accepted.
### License
This fork is licensed under a GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE (v2)
### Shoutouts
This package uses the [html2canvas](https://github.com/niklasvh/html2canvas) library written by Niklas von Hertzen.
It also uses the indexedDb wrapper [db.js](https://github.com/aaronpowell/db.js) written by Aaron Powell.
Thank you also to [BrowserStack](https://www.browserstack.com) for providing free chrome testing tools.