Claude Code Uses More RAM Than Chrome

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A Claude Code instance in a terminal, consumes more RAM and CPU than a freaking web browser. How is this possible? Under the hood, Claude is a nodejs React app using some monstrosity called Ink for "TUI". How does this make any sense? Make software great (& optimized) again! Pid: Program: Command: Threads: User: MemB CPU% 4056 claude claude -r --dangerously-skip-permissions 29 evilsocket 359M 7.4 5764 brave /opt/brave-bin/brave --type=renderer --crashpad-handler-pid= 22 evilsocket 355M 0.0

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A screenshot of a social media post complains that a Claude Code process running in a terminal consumes more RAM and CPU than the Brave web browser. The joke is that a supposedly lightweight terminal interface is actually a Node.js React app using Ink, making software bloat absurdly visible in the process table. EN: A screenshot of a social media post complains that a Claude Code process running in a terminal consumes more RAM and CPU than the Brave web browser. The joke is that a supposedly lightweight terminal interface is actually a Node.js React app using Ink, making software bloat absurdly visible in the process table.

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terminal window / окно терминала social media post / пост в соцсети computer process table / таблица процессов компьютера Claude Code process / процесс Claude Code Brave browser process / процесс браузера Brave RAM usage / использование оперативной памяти CPU usage / использование ЦП black background / чёрный фон white text / белый текст pink process row / розовая строка процесса command line / командная строка web browser / веб-браузер