ChatBonsai

Keeps AI chatbots responsive by pruning off-screen messages from the DOM

ChatBonsai keeps AI chatbots fast and responsive, no matter how long your conversation gets. AI chat apps like ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot, and Gemini keep every message permanently rendered in the DOM. After a long session you can have thousands of elements sitting in memory, causing sluggish scrolling, slow responses, and a browser that feels like it's wading through mud. ChatBonsai fixes this by virtualizing off-screen messages — trimming what your browser holds in memory while you chat, and silently restoring messages the moment you scroll back to them. Features Supports ChatGPT, Claude, Microsoft Copilot, and Google Gemini Per-site on/off toggles Scroll-direction aware — never removes content you're heading toward Live stats showing how many messages are currently pruned Your privacy is fully protected ChatBonsai makes zero network requests of its own. No data is collected, tracked, or transmitted. Your toggle preferences are saved using Chrome's local storage — they never leave your device and are never synced to any server. The only permission this extension requires is local storage access.