Discord ditching Electron for lower RAM usage: what people are saying
According to news reports, Discord is moving away from the Electron framework for its desktop app to improve performance and reduce RAM consumption.
We read 320 public comments about it on YouTube, App Store, Hacker News, Bluesky and Reddit; 66 of them, from 65 different people, are about this story. Below is what they say, counted.
What people are saying
Each comment is filed under the one position it takes; shares are of on-topic comments. Quotes are verbatim, most-liked first, one per person.
Suggests other alternative frameworks
23%15 comments
“FLUTTER is the actual correct answer here 🤷♂️”
“Switch, only 113 days old, is accelerating: +1.7k stars this week (3.5k total). This open-source AI teammate works in Slack, Teams, Discord, Telegram, Mattermost. Self-host it with any agent. Health 76/100. https://olud.ai/project/sandbox-quantum-switch.html #OpenSource #AI #GitHub”
“Why Fluxer? 1. It is NOT AI vibe coded. 2. Fluxer aims to respect your privacy, listen to user feedback, and has a large focus on letting you own your data with self hosting. 3. Yes it looks and feels like Discord, that's the point. Familiarity makes it is easier to convince people to switch.”
Complaints about bugs and user support
21%14 comments
“Cant wait to see all the new security flaws with the new update”
“Guys if you need to use claude to make this compatible with the Duo just do it we won’t judge you, new update totally broke the UI. scrollbar is like in the middle of my screen, channel presses select different channels. You guys are filthy rich, lock in.”
“Audio problems…Every. Single. Day.”
Expectations for Rust language performance
20%13 comments
“Rust is eating all Software Engineering. Hope what I have invested in learning it will pay off soon.”
“I hope that lib receives more love, and Zed team let it grow outside their needs. Of course people can fork it, but it would be great if we can avoid having 10 versions of the same thing with slightly differences for specific cases.”
“I use GPUI to build a desktop application, but it is the best 😎”
Supports reducing RAM consumption
15%10 comments
“Ah, finally we can hopefully see companies starting apps in less than a second again xD”
“I hope Slack follows this approach. 300mb for a chat app is still crazy though, I can see this when video streaming, but for an idle app, that’s way too much RAM consumption”
“Yeah it's true it's really slow with chrome and now I feel like it's quicker”
Criticizes Electron's bloatware nature
15%10 comments
“When Electron first came out, I thought users would just install a shared engine runtime so apps stayed clean and lightweight. Instead, it became a disaster. Every app bundles its own Chromium, turning everything into total bloatware.”
“Try using Glass and transparency effects in CSS on Mac's native system webview...it's horrible...that made me stay with Electron...”
“Are they really so incompetent that they need to fork a dead project to get rectangles and text up on screen? This is so dumb...”
Concerns about losing mod support
6%4 comments
“Pros: probably faster Cons: no more mods for discord, like vesktop and others. I don't know what to think about it.”
Comments per day
By the date each comment was posted
Alternatives people name
23% of on-topic comments are about moving elsewhere — this is where they say they are going.
- gpui5 comments
- Electron4 comments
What happened, according to the press
The headlines this story was detected from, linked
- Every Windows 11 app should kill Electron, and Discord just showed whywindowslatest.com · 07 Nov 2026
- Discord is ditching Electron and its new app uses less RAMtheverge.com · 05 Nov 2026
Questions this page answers
What happened with Discord?
According to news reports, Discord is moving away from the Electron framework for its desktop app to improve performance and reduce RAM consumption.
What are people saying about Discord ditching Electron for lower RAM usage?
Of 66 comments from 65 people on YouTube, App Store, Hacker News, Bluesky and Reddit: Suggests other alternative frameworks (23%); Complaints about bugs and user support (21%); Expectations for Rust language performance (20%); Supports reducing RAM consumption (15%).
What alternatives to Discord do people mention?
Named in the comments, by number of comments naming each: gpui (5), Electron (4).
How this page is made
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