Discord switches from Electron to Rust, reducing RAM usage

• Discord is moving away from Electron, a cross-platform framework known for high resource usage.
• The new Discord app, built with Rust, uses 290MB of RAM on Windows 11, compared to 4GB for the Electron app.
• Discord has been using Rust since 2018 and is now fully transitioning its desktop app to Rust.
• The transition aims to improve speed and memory safety in the app.
• The new Rust-based app is currently in early development stages.