# Discord is cutting memory usage and speeding up boot times – joins Xbox, Epic, Steam, and more for similar upgrades just this year

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/discord-is-cutting-memory-usage-and-speeding-up-boot-times-joins-xbox-epic-steam-and-more-for-similar-upgrades-just-this-year/
- Published: 2026-11-06T12:06:34+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-06T12:24:54+00:00
- Original publisher: PC Gamer
- Original article: https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/discord-is-cutting-memory-usage-and-speeding-up-boot-times-joins-xbox-epic-steam-and-more-for-similar-upgrades-just-this-year/
- Topics: Entertainment, Gaming

## Key points

- Discord is moving its client from Electron to Rust.
- A demo used about 290 MB of memory.
- User testing is planned, but no date is set.

## Summary

Discord is rebuilding its desktop client in Rust, aiming to reduce memory use and make the app start and respond faster. The change could make Discord less demanding on PCs, at a time when memory is under pressure and other gaming platforms have also pursued performance improvements.

Discord CTO Stanislav Vishnevskiy demonstrated the new client using about 290 MB of memory while active, compared with reported current usage of 500 to 600 MB and one Windows test reaching 785 MB. He also showed it opening in roughly one second, against six seconds for the existing client. The company plans to test it with users, but has not announced a date; the performance figures come from Discord and have yet to be independently checked.

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