Share your worst FAF client memory usage in 2026!

Brutus5000

Dear commanders,

over the years, memory usage of the FAF client was regular subject of complaints. We worked hard to figure memory leaks and reduce memory usage. Our maintainer assumes, that memory issues >1GB are a thing of the past. But I am not convinced yet. Thus, we need more data and feedback.

Therefore I challenge you: Send me your worst RAM usages images from your task managers. Minimum requirement is it's from version >= 2026.4.0

Thank you!

Skrat

I had no problem that FAF uses >1GB of memory. All I can say is that the Python client uses an average of 2-3 times less memory than the Java client.

magge

Under normal use (just starting the java client and playing a few games) it usually sits at around ~650 MB for me. Even when left alone in the background for many hours.

After repeatedly switching through all UI tabs and clicking on random elements, memory usage peaks at 1.3 GB and drops back to around 1 GB.

c0rtex

@Skrat Where do you find the Python client?

Nuggets

@c0rtex said:

@Skrat Where do you find the Python client?

Just google "faf python client" and its the first result. Alternatively here is the direct link: https://github.com/FAForever/client/releases

Morax

Apologies for taking a while to post this. I simply forgot I saw this and wanted to share some findings. No opinions, just raw data of usage with both clients.

TLDR:

Python is using approximately 30% memory when compared to Java

Java client takes ~20 seconds to load up *
Python client takes ~8 to load up *

Python client takes ~17 secs to pull history of 1v1 for me
Java client takes ~24 secs to pull history of 1v1 for me

.* load up means start up the program and at a point where nothing else is loading

Steps to reproduce:

1) Run the client for at least 1 hr
2) Play 2 games
3) Join 4 different channels using the "/join" command
4) Right-click 5 different players names and view replays, look at statistics, etc.
    a) For the python client, I went to a different level and viewed each replay statistic
        section as shown in the video below

Python Client

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