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by adamjs 2120 days ago
It's definitely still a concern! And our community is growing (come check out our Discord [1]).

Our advantages are much more than memory usage-- it's also distributable size, low-level integration, single-process mode (no external renderer processes), GPU rasterization (and integration into custom GPU drivers), and custom modification of the library itself (most of the library is open-source and on GitHub-- it's much more amenable to "hacking" on than Chromium so it's a better fit if you need a custom HTML rendering solution than Electron).

We're still building out our desktop app runtime (AppCore) to match the API of Electron, but the low-level renderer is already finding a solid foothold inside of games (PC, macOS, and consoles) and headless server renderers.

* [1] https://chat.ultralig.ht