Reduce memory footprint?

[Unrepentant-Atheist]

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With 16GB RAM it's not really an issue for me, but still, having hain run 80-120mb of RAM is a mite too much, compared to Launchy or FARR.

[appetizermonster]

Yes, this is essential. I think it can be achieved by several ways such as:

• Merge and compress all JavaScript files (because v8 keeps sources as string in the memory)
• Customize Electron or Create another very lightweight WebKit wrapper (like MacGap)

These are all very difficult. Are there anybody has a idea?

[aouerf]

It is known that Electron uses up a lot of RAM, so if it could be improved, that might be a good route to go on. But I really like the idea of merging and compressing the JS files for increased performance, and I believe that will be beneficial as well.

[Unrepentant-Atheist]

Minify JS would come to mind too. link. But I think that's what you meant by compressing.

[ewnd9]

How much memory is a barebone hello world electron app consuming?

[appetizermonster]

@ewnd9 Maybe 20~30mb for default 2 main processes. 10mb per window

[linuxtopia]

It's RAM usage really high!.. Application is great but RAM eater :(