Discord Is Killing Its Electron App That Can Eat 4GB of RAM on Windows 11, and Its Rust Rebuild Uses Just 290MB

Discord is reportedly preparing to replace its resource-intensive Electron-based desktop application with a rebuilt version ...
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Discord Drops Electron: Rust App Shows 290 MB RAM [2026]

Discord Rust rebuild replaces Electron with GPUI. An early Phoenix build shows 290.2 MB of RAM, but no release date or public ...