any significant optimizations for RAM usage in Zotero 8?

dstillman · 2026-01-23T20:49:01+00:00

This discussion was created from comments split from: Zotero 7.1 beta vs. Zotero 8 beta.

Wei_Liao · 2026-01-23T19:17:32+00:00

Exciting news! Thx for any effort during the development!
By the way, are there any significant optimizations for the high RAM usage issue usually seen in Zotero 7?

aborel · 2026-01-23T20:45:21+00:00

"high RAM usage issue usually seen in Zotero 7": I'm not sure this is a frequent problem, except with some memory-hungry plugins (in which case the issue should be addressed by the plugin developer first and foremost). Can you say more about the problem as you see it?

dstillman · 2026-01-23T20:50:06+00:00

What @aborel says about the "usually", but no, there aren't any major changes here in Z8. We're planning to take some steps to try to reduce Zotero's own memory usage — predominantly in the reader, but elsewhere as well — in future versions.