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I use Firefox but it's a memory hog too. To be fair, websites are the memory hogs imo. Sadly I don't think you can have the full web experience without sacrifi
by jmnicolas 6y ago
I use Firefox but it's a memory hog too. To be fair, websites are the memory hogs imo.
Sadly I don't think you can have the full web experience without sacrificing a couple gigs of ram if you have several tabs open at once.
I know it's not open source but on a Macbook I would expect Safari to be the lightest browser.
If you really want open and still like Chrome, you could try ungoogled chromium here : https://chromium.woolyss.com/ https://chromium.woolyss.com/
- haffi112 6y agoFor Firefox I am using an extension called auto tab discard (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/auto-tab-discard/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/auto-tab-disc...). It will suspend tabs from memory that have not been opened for a given time but you can easily open them again by pressing the tab. You can also whitelist some domains to prevent them from being suspended. Give it a try. There is also the great suspender for Chrome.
- jmnicolas 6y agoContrary to OP, my problem with a browser (or Electron app) consuming a lot of RAM is philosophical not material : I have 16G at home and 32G at work so it's more than enough to accommodate any gluttonous browser.
- pdonis 6y ago> To be fair, websites are the memory hogs imo. Some are, yes, and when your browser is eating a lot of memory, it's usually the website's fault. But there are many sites out there that are quite lightweight (including this one). On the laptop I'm writing this on, I currently have 31 tabs open in Firefox on Linux (not counting tabs that are just viewing PDF files, only tabs that are on actual websites) and the browser's memory resident set size is less than 700 MB.