Last Updated on September 1, 2020
Memory Comparison
ps_mem is a small utility that reliably reports how much memory is consumed by an application. It’s a very handy open source utility. It interrogates the kernel to obtain the memory information, outputting the information in a clean and uncluttered way.
The chart below uses ps_mem to compare the memory usage of various graphical podcast players. I’ve excluded console based podcast players such as castero for obvious reasons.
As you can see, Poddr has a fairly hefty memory footprint. Not surprising because software written in JavaScript using the Electron framework often guzzle RAM. Bear in mind some of the applications are not dedicated podcast players.
Pages in this article:
Page 1 – Introduction / Installation
Page 2 – In Operation
Page 3 – Other Features
Page 4 – Memory Comparison
Page 5 – Summary