# Dev Container memory usage really high?

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**Category:** Development\
**Tags:** dev-install\
**Created:** [March 4, 2025, 8:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dev-container-memory-usage-really-high/355701 "2025-03-04T20:02:19Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 4, 2025, 8:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dev-container-memory-usage-really-high/355701/1 "2025-03-04T20:02:19Z")

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I’m on a M2 Macbook Pro using the [Dev Container setup](https://meta.discourse.org/t/developing-discourse-using-a-dev-container/336366). Memory usage seems really high, is this typical? I see about 4GB memory usage before running anything, then needing about 10GB to get through a successful build and the full app running at about 8GB.

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