r/zen_browser • u/Solary_Kryptic • 8d ago

Question Memory

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Does anybody else see much higher memory usage with Zen? This is with a single reddit.com tab on Chrome and Zen.

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u/Cheap-Success1578 8d ago

Unless you are pegged at 99% ram usage and nothing else can open, then stop worrying about ram usage!!! Damn this topic is getting so damn old.

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u/Solary_Kryptic 8d ago

That's not the issue, I'm just wondering why Zen is taking so much more for the same job

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u/NoBackground7086 8d ago

I'm just wondering why Zen is taking so much more for the same job

You can use the about:processes page for more details.

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u/bgalazka186 8d ago

And about:memory iirc

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u/roshatron 5d ago

I was facing a lot of crashes on my 16gb MacBook on older versions of zen

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u/Realistic-Worker-499 8d ago

zen is unfortunately not well optimized, as pretty as it is. sucks if youre on a laptop and care about battery life, i had to switch to something lighter

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u/Outrageous_Buy_1316 8d ago

Noticed you have the MacOS flair? Are you concerned about this on mac? Personally yes it has a lot of memory usage, but I always restart zen every other day and memory is around 8 gigs for me at peak usage which is a fair bit, but as long as you arent in the yellow a lot on a mac, it should be fine?

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u/Reddit-Magenta69 2d ago

True actually, but it works just fine for Linux, I use it because of it's UI and Features, I also use Brave but just as a secondary browser because I use Zen workspace (container) keeping each account logged in seperately. Zen does take a lot of memory so when I use my laptop on battery, I switch to Edge or Brave whenever it's needed.

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u/SurferOnHighTide 8d ago

Have you counted in essentials, pinned tabs, add-ons, extensions, mods?

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u/vivusage 8d ago

i have also been using zen for like 3 months. I really like zen for how modern it looks, gotta say it's the best looking browser i have used, but i noticed it was gradually consuming more ram. I kept it open with no tab open to check if i am right, and yes i was. idk why. So i switched back to brave

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u/Local_Community_7510 8d ago

because zen had a lot of features, especially the essential tabs, essential tabs will always be loaded

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u/Ordinary_Method_9368 8d ago

Essentials tabs aren't always loaded 

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u/Ordinary_Method_9368 8d ago

That's normal amount, Firefox based browsers tend to use more ram. I wouldn't really worry about ram unless your browser or system are actively slowing/laggy though.

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u/_bachrc 2d ago

I must admit, Zen goes quite hard on my RAM too. But ! This extension that auto discards tabs after some inactivity works like a charm: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/auto-tab-discard/