diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index 88d6f73..6d7c4bc 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ import { fileURLToPath } from 'url';
 import Chromium from './browser/chromium.js';
 import Firefox from './browser/firefox.js';
 
+import IdleAPI from './lib/idle.js';
+
 const __filename = fileURLToPath(import.meta.url);
 const __dirname = dirname(__filename);
 
@@ -94,7 +96,7 @@ const startBrowser = async (url, { windowSize, forceBrowser }) => {
 
   const browserType = browserName.startsWith('firefox') ? 'firefox' : 'chromium';
 
-  return await (browserType === 'firefox' ? Firefox : Chromium)({
+  const Browser = await (browserType === 'firefox' ? Firefox : Chromium)({
     browserName: browserFriendlyName,
     dataPath,
     browserPath
@@ -102,6 +104,10 @@ const startBrowser = async (url, { windowSize, forceBrowser }) => {
     url,
     windowSize
   });
+
+  Browser.idle = await IdleAPI(Browser.cdp, { browserType, dataPath });
+
+  return Browser;
 };
 
 export const open = async (url, { windowSize, onLoad, forceBrowser } = {}) => {
diff --git a/src/lib/idle.js b/src/lib/idle.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b89dfff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/idle.js
@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+import { exec } from 'child_process';
+
+const getProcesses = async containing => process.platform !== 'win32' ? Promise.resolve([]) : new Promise(resolve => exec(`wmic process get Commandline,ProcessID /format:csv`, (e, out) => {
+  resolve(out.toString().split('\r\n').slice(2).map(x => {
+    const parsed = x.trim().split(',').slice(1).reverse();
+
+    return [
+      parseInt(parsed[0]) || parsed[0], // pid to int
+      parsed.slice(1).join(',')
+    ];
+  }).filter(x => x[1] && x[1].includes(containing)));
+}));
+
+const killProcesses = async pids => process.platform !== 'win32' ? Promise.resolve('') : new Promise(resolve => exec(`taskkill /F ${pids.map(x => `/PID ${x}`).join(' ')}`, (e, out) => resolve(out)));
+
+export default async (CDP, { browserType, dataPath }) => {
+  if (browserType !== 'chromium') { // current implementation is for chromium-based only
+    const warning = () => log(`Warning: Idle API is currently only for Chromium (running on ${browserType})`);
+
+    return {
+      hibernate: warning,
+      sleep: warning,
+      wake: warning,
+      auto: warning
+    };
+  };
+
+  const killNonCrit = async () => {
+    const procs = await getProcesses(dataPath);
+    const nonCriticalProcs = procs.filter(x => x[1].includes('type='));
+
+    await killProcesses(nonCriticalProcs.map(x => x[0]));
+    log(`killed ${nonCriticalProcs.length} processes`);
+  };
+
+  let hibernating = false;
+  const hibernate = async () => {
+    hibernating = true;
+
+    const startTime = performance.now();
+
+    await killNonCrit();
+    // await killNonCrit();
+
+    log(`hibernated in ${(performance.now() - startTime).toFixed(2)}ms`);
+  };
+
+  const wake = async () => {
+    const startTime = performance.now();
+
+    await CDP.send('Page.reload');
+
+    log(`began wake in ${(performance.now() - startTime).toFixed(2)}ms`);
+
+    hibernating = false;
+  };
+
+  const { windowId } = await CDP.send('Browser.getWindowForTarget');
+
+  let autoEnabled = process.argv.includes('--force-auto-idle'), autoOptions = {
+    timeMinimizedToHibernate: 5
+  };
+
+  let autoInterval;
+  const startAuto = () => {
+    if (autoInterval) return; // already started
+
+    let lastState = '', lastStateWhen = performance.now();
+    autoInterval = setInterval(async () => {
+      const { bounds: { windowState } } = await CDP.send('Browser.getWindowBounds', { windowId });
+
+      if (windowState !== lastState) {
+        lastState = windowState;
+        lastStateWhen = performance.now();
+      }
+
+      if (!hibernating && windowState === 'minimized' && performance.now() - lastStateWhen > autoOptions.timeMinimizedToHibernate * 1000) await hibernate();
+        else if (hibernating && windowState !== 'minimized') await wake();
+    }, 200);
+
+    log('started auto idle');
+  };
+
+  const stopAuto = () => {
+    if (!autoInterval) return; // already stopped
+
+    clearInterval(autoInterval);
+    autoInterval = null;
+
+    log('stopped auto idle');
+  };
+
+  log(`idle API active (window id: ${windowId})`);
+  if (autoEnabled) startAuto();
+
+  return {
+    hibernate,
+    sleep: () => {},
+    wake,
+
+    auto: (enabled, options) => {
+      autoEnabled = enabled;
+
+      autoOptions = {
+        ...options,
+        ...autoOptions
+      };
+
+      if (enabled) startAuto();
+        else stopAuto();
+    }
+  };
+};
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