Beaver [she/her]@lemmy.ca to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoWhich is more ram efficient Lemmy or Reddit?message-squaremessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareWhich is more ram efficient Lemmy or Reddit?Beaver [she/her]@lemmy.ca to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square6fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareZak@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoAccording to a memory snapshot from Firefox 126 devtools, with uBlock Origin, immediately after a fresh page load: old.reddit.com: 52.54 mb new.reddit.com: 93.48 mb lemmy.world: 54.44 mb old.lemmy.world: 20.25 mb I imagine both versions of Reddit would be worse without the adblocker. There are multiple frontends for Lemmy, and I did not test them all. Other browsers might differ slightly.
minus-squareMigratingtoLemmy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoI never knew lemmy had an “old” version! Thanks
minus-squareZak@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-23 months agoLemmy.world hosts at least five web frontends, which are in the frontpage sidebar: The default Lemmy UI https://a.lemmy.world - Alexandrite UI https://photon.lemmy.world - Photon UI https://m.lemmy.world - Voyager mobile UI https://old.lemmy.world - A familiar UI It’s possible to use other frontends as well, which don’t necessarily have to be hosted by your Lemmy server.
According to a memory snapshot from Firefox 126 devtools, with uBlock Origin, immediately after a fresh page load:
I imagine both versions of Reddit would be worse without the adblocker. There are multiple frontends for Lemmy, and I did not test them all. Other browsers might differ slightly.
I never knew lemmy had an “old” version! Thanks
Lemmy.world hosts at least five web frontends, which are in the frontpage sidebar:
It’s possible to use other frontends as well, which don’t necessarily have to be hosted by your Lemmy server.