Discord ditches Electron for Rust client on Windows 11; new app launches instantly, uses 70% less RAM at 290MB with two accounts, updates in background without loading screen

Every Windows 11 app should kill Electron, and Discord just showed why: no “Starting” screen and 70% less RAM, even with two accounts signed in

Discord’s current Electron client and its new Rust client launching side by side on two Lenovo ThinkPads running Windows 11 Discord’s new Rust client had its friends list loaded before the current Electron app could get past its loading screen, in a 15-second clip that we found on the X account of Discord co-founder and CTO Stanislav Vishnevskiy. The video had 2.3 million views at the time of writing, and Discord employees have confirmed that both apps were launched from a cold start. Vishnevski...