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by mkl 1236 days ago
Yes, Chromium is native, but apps built with Electron are written in (or compiled to) JavaScript or WebAssembly, so not native, which uses more memory. Since Chromium is a full web browser it has a kind of minimum memory use which is higher than simple Electron apps would take if they were rewritten to be native. But if you're making a browser, you're going to need all that anyway.