Excessive memory and disk space consumption
7/10 HighElectron apps bundle most of Chromium's codebase, making even basic Hello World applications ~100MB and real-world apps like Discord over 700MB. This excessive resource usage creates performance problems on systems with limited RAM.
Sources
- Is Electron Really That Bad? Debunking the Myths About Electron ...
- Limitations
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Collection History
Query: “What are the most common pain points with Electron for developers in 2025?”4/5/2026
electron apps ship basically the whole of chromium's codebase, they aren't small. Discord, for example, once installed, weighs more than 700 MB. Almost a gigabyte. Even the most basic of Hello World applications would take about 100MB, just to display a line of text.
Created: 4/5/2026Updated: 4/5/2026