Discord's New Rust-Based App Promises Significant RAM Savings and Performance Boost

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Discord's New Rust-Based App Promises Significant RAM Savings and Performance Boost

Ghacks

Discord Is Rebuilding Its Desktop App in Rust, With the New Client Using 290 MB of RAM

11/06/2026

Discord is replacing its Electron desktop app with a Rust client that its CTO showed using 290 MB of RAM.

TechPowerUp

Discord Is Rebuilding Its App in Rust, Early Build Uses Just 290 MB of RAM

11/06/2026

Discord is rewriting its desktop app in Rust and dropping Electron, and the early numbers look very promising. Discord CTO and co-founder Stanislav Vishnevskiy posted a Task Manager screenshot on...

9to5Google

Discord is about to get way, way faster on your Android phone

11/06/2026

A new Discord client built in Rust is looking pretty shiny and clean, even on low-end Android phones.

TechSpot

Discord is rebuilding its desktop app in Rust to fix its memory problem

11/05/2026

Microsoft is finally doing something about Windows 11's abysmal performance on lower-end systems, and third-party software developers are following suit. Discord's CTO has recently confirmed that...

Windows Central

Take a closer look at Discord's faster, lighter desktop app

11/05/2026

Discord's new Rust-based desktop client uses less memory and power than the Electron app it replaces.

Wccftech

Discord Is Ditching Electron For Rust, With Early Windows Build Using Just 290MB Of RAM

11/05/2026

Discord is preparing one of the most significant technical overhauls in its history, abandoning the Chromium-based Electron framework in favor of a native application written in Rust. An early...