ChromeFlash

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ChromeFlash — Speed & RAM Optimizer

## Short Description (132 chars max)
Optimize Chrome's speed and RAM. Suspend tabs, monitor memory, toggle hidden settings, and boost performance with one-click profiles.

## Detailed Description

ChromeFlash gives you full control over Chrome's performance. See exactly where your RAM is going, suspend tabs you're not using, and fine-tune hidden browser settings — all from a single popup.

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CHROME RAM BREAKDOWN
Stop guessing where your memory goes. ChromeFlash estimates Chrome's RAM usage and breaks it down by category:
• Active Tabs — how much your open tabs are consuming
• Pinned Tabs — lightweight pinned tab overhead
• Media Tabs — tabs playing audio or video
• Suspended Tabs — near-zero memory usage
• Browser Core — Chrome's internal processes
• Extensions — extension process overhead

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INTELLIGENT TAB MANAGEMENT
• Auto-suspend inactive tabs to free hundreds of MB
• Set custom inactivity thresholds (1–120 minutes)
• Protect pinned tabs and tabs playing audio
• Detect and close duplicate tabs instantly
• Suspend all inactive tabs with one click

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ONE-CLICK OPTIMIZATION PROFILES
Choose a profile and ChromeFlash configures everything for you:

⚡ Gaming — Maximum performance. Suspends all inactive tabs in 1 minute, disables 5 background services, clears cache. Saves ~500–2000 MB.

💼 Productivity — Balanced. 15-minute suspension threshold, keeps DNS prefetch and autofill active for faster workflows.

🔋 Battery Saver — Aggressive power saving. 5-minute suspension, disables background network activity, reduces CPU by 10–20%.

🛡️ Privacy — Disables Topics API, FLEDGE ads, spell check cloud service, translation, and autofill. Enables Do Not Track. Clears cache and service workers.

Each profile shows detailed stats: estimated RAM savings, CPU impact, which services are turned on/off, and what it's best for.

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HIDDEN SETTINGS CONTROL
Toggle Chrome privacy and network settings that are normally buried deep in chrome://settings:
• DNS Prefetch & Preconnect — speed up or reduce background network calls
• Spell Check Service — disable cloud-based spell checking
• Translation Service — stop automatic page translation
• Search Suggestions — control omnibox network requests
• Autofill — toggle address and credit card autofill
• Do Not Track — send DNT headers to websites
• Topics API — disable interest-based ad tracking
• FLEDGE / Protected Audiences — disable on-device ad auctions

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CHROME FLAGS GUIDE
A curated database of 21 performance-boosting chrome://flags, organized by category:
• Rendering — GPU Rasterization, Zero-Copy, Skia Graphite
• Network — QUIC Protocol, WebSocket over HTTP/2
• Memory — Tab Discarding, High Efficiency Mode, Heavy Ad Intervention
• JavaScript — V8 Sparkplug, V8 Maglev compilers
• Loading — Back/Forward Cache, Parallel Downloads, Lazy Image Loading

Each flag includes a description, risk level, impact rating, and a button to open it directly in chrome://flags.

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PERFORMANCE DASHBOARD
• Optimization score (0–100) based on memory, tabs, and settings
• Real-time CPU and memory monitoring
• Full-page dashboard with historical performance charts
• Per-tab memory breakdown table

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LIGHTWEIGHT & PRIVATE
• Zero external dependencies — pure vanilla JavaScript
• No data collection, no analytics, no remote servers
• All settings stored locally on your device
• Manifest V3 compliant
• Under 50 KB total size

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PERMISSIONS EXPLAINED
ChromeFlash requests only the permissions it needs:
• tabs — to monitor, suspend, and manage your tabs
• storage — to save your settings and statistics locally
• alarms — to schedule automatic tab suspension checks
• system.memory / system.cpu — to display performance data
• browsingData — to clear cache when requested or when applying profiles
• privacy — to toggle the network and privacy settings listed above

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Perfect for power users, developers, gamers, and anyone who keeps too many tabs open.