Editors, editors
This is a simple memory consumption test I made earlier today. These are the results in my machine while opening a small markdown file. Don't take this in any other direction.
- ed - 1,281 KB
- nano - 2,171 KB
- vim - 4,305 KB
- joe - 6,449 KB
- hx - 8,066 KB
- amp - 10 MB
- neovim - 17 MB
- zed - 179 MB
- vscode - 60 MB + 8 Code Helpers at 60 MB each.
(It is clear how modern crap is exponentially more hungry for resources, while old stuff still works fine for the same tasks.)
A favorite you ask? All of them.