points by pjmlp 3 days ago | 0 comments
Electron is a full Chrome instance, plus whatever else makes up the application.
[–] nonethewiser 2 days ago
[–] chii 2 days ago
It's probably left over old instances and updates that werent deleted properly. These apps tend to download the update as an entire bundle, rather than any sort of binary diff and patch.
Therefore, if you have an old install and have gone thru several (many) cycles of updates, the installation directory could be riddled with old versions and update files that make up the bulk of that 10 gig.
[–] flykespice 1 day ago
That is horrible, is it really that common that electron apps eventually consume all your storage with each update?
If it were simply the Chrome install that would imply Electron is 9GB+ by itself, which it most certainly is not.