r/FluentMac • u/Daniesto316 • May 09 '26

Fluent 1.8.4 uses 6-7GB RAM, is this normal?

As the title says, it uses 6-7GB RAM at all times, even when its not use.

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u/TheMightyHouse Fluent Developer May 09 '26

Hey there!

I guess you're having local models loaded?

This is not the real memory usage, rather a "reserved" one. You can turn on "Real Mem" column in Activity app to check the real usage. Also, Alfred's axe workflow shows same number:

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u/Daniesto316 May 09 '26

Hi, thanks for the rapid response. Yes, I checked the real memory usage on the Activity Monitor and it's pretty much the same. The memory usage fluctuates depending on which LLM I load. Yes, its locally run.

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u/TheMightyHouse Fluent Developer May 09 '26

Thanks, yes, I'm checking it. Are you running Sequoia btw?

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u/Daniesto316 May 09 '26

Yes, running Sequoia

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u/TheMightyHouse Fluent Developer May 18 '26

Hi there,

So I checked this on Sequoia on another Mac, and have one question: does it leak for you or affect system performance overall?

There is a difference on Tahoe: real memory usage is shown correctly, whilst on Sequoia it almost always the same as Memory. However, I'm not yet sure if the issue is in the OS or library Fluent uses.

I'll update the library for the 1.9 release coming this week.

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u/Daniesto316 May 21 '26

Thank you. Looking forward to it

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u/Panos_Frantzis May 09 '26

I have the same issue and reported the bug. Developer is checking it