WindowsNov 5, 2026

Discord is killing its Electron app that can eat 4GB of RAM on Windows 11, and the Rust rebuild uses just 290MB

Discord is finally dumping Electron. CTO Stanislav Vishnevskiy confirmed the desktop client is being rewritten from scratch using Rust and GPUI. Early Windows 11 tests show RAM usage dropping to just 290MB, completely eliminating Chromium baggage. The post Discord is killing its Electron app that can eat 4GB of RAM on…

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Discord is killing its Electron app that can eat 4GB of RAM on Windows 11, and the Rust rebuild uses just 290MB

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