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by PufPufPuf 1902 days ago
GOG Galaxy 2.0 is also an Electron app, so it bundles the whole Chromium as well. The whole app is over 100 MB IIRC, but nobody cares since you'll be using it to download 100 GB games anyway.

(On a side note, I highly recommend it if you play games and have them on different PC platforms - Steam, Epic, GOG, UPlay... The plugin system is unique and fantastic.)
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anoncake 1901 days ago
What's the memory usage like? I don't think Electron is a good choice for a program designed to be run in parallel to demanding other programs like games.
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PufPufPuf 1892 days ago
As far as I'm aware, all launchers (Steam, Epic, Origin, etc.) use some form of a wrapped web browser. GOG Galaxy takes up around 65 MB when idle, while Steam uses almost 400 MB (yes, almost half a gig, I was surprised to see this number).
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