Ask HN: Do you think Electron is good for building Desktop Apps?

Re:Ask HN: Do you think Electron is good for building Deskto... by hashkb on Tuesday May 02, 2017 @10:01AM (#14246355)

Wouldn't regular Chrome have the same issue? Each tab is a full instance... your argument is against Chrome and web apps, not Electron.

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Re:Ask HN: Do you think Electron is good for building Deskto... by pavlov on Tuesday May 02, 2017 @10:24AM (#14246567)

No, it's different.

Each Chrome tab is a process, but they share the same dynamic libraries in memory. Each Electron app is both a process and a separate copy of the dynamic libraries.

If you run half a dozen Electron apps, those redundant libraries will be taking up roughly a gigabyte already.

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Re:Ask HN: Do you think Electron is good for building Deskto... by rodorgas on Tuesday May 02, 2017 @10:12AM (#14246438)

Chrome splits itself in various processes and usually each tab has a process. But each process is not a full Chrome instance. There's a huge difference.

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