clangd alone uses 6 GB when working with Chromium’s codebase. Code indexes can be very large, even for a simple application. Out-of-the-box IDEs must index the standard library and keep it in memory.
replyThe complaint can be applied to any modern software, unfortunately.
replyYou're right, though I'm not sure about all modern software quite to that extent. VS does have a reputation for being bloated. Even startup is not super fast IMO.
replyI checked just now. A recent Delphi with a project open: 175-200MB. Water (our IDE, I work at RemObjects) about 300MB.
Sure, and the performance improvements across VS 2026 releases prove that it could be much better.
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