TabNap Blog

Chrome memory, tabs, and what actually helps

Plain explanations of why Chrome eats RAM and what tab-sleeping tools actually do about it — no benchmarks we didn't run, no features we don't have.

Tab suspenders

Chrome Tab Suspender: What It Actually Does (and How TabNap Is Different)

"Tab suspender" covers a few genuinely different approaches. Here's what each one actually does to a tab, and where TabNap fits.

Comparisons

Chrome Memory Saver vs TabNap: What's the Difference?

Chrome already has a memory saver built in. Here's what it actually shows you, what it doesn't, and why that gap exists.

RAM basics

Why Is Chrome Using So Much Memory? (And What Actually Fixes It)

Every tab is its own process. Here's why that adds up fast on an 8GB machine, and which fixes actually move the needle.