[kilroy123]

While I don't have _that_ many tabs open. I do usually keep 20 - 50 open in chrome. Same experience, with low / no memory foot-print; using The Great Suspender.

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/the-great-suspende...

I'm on a 2015 MBP with 16 GB of ram and like 20 extensions installed.

[olejorgenb]

Similar firefox extension: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/suspend-tab/

[reitanqild]

I also use it, thanks to a tip from HN :-)

[Keyframe]

I vouch for The Great Suspender. Awesome extension.

[rpwverheij]

tnx for the tip, installed it. 1 million users, so it must be doing somethign right