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Life & fun · December 19, 2023

Chrome Reaper

Reaper is a Chrome (or Chromium) browser extension that terminates browser processes when they use too much CPU. Anything that the browser regards as a process is a potential target. This includes tabs, renderers, subframes, other extensions, and itself. It works on stable channel Chrome for Linux but requires dev channel on Windows, MacOS, or ChromeOS. See README for details.

Chrome Reaper launched on December 19, 2023 with 86 votes, #654 of 3,780 launches that month and more than 90% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 2 years on.

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Chrome Reaper is a browser extension that automatically terminates Chrome or Chromium processes consuming excessive CPU resources. It can target tabs, renderers, subframes, extensions, and itself. The tool functions on stable Chrome for Linux, but requires the dev channel on Windows, macOS, and ChromeOS. It helps users manage browser performance by preventing resource-heavy processes from slowing down their system.

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