What would you like to see?
Add an optional "Lightweight Mode" setting (destroy webview/rendering process when minimized to tray) to drastically reduce background memory footprint while keeping background transfer services active.
When enabled:
- Closing or minimizing DashBeam to the system tray destroys/unloads the frontend WebView2 / renderer process.
- The core background service remains running in the system tray with minimal overhead.
- Restoring from the system tray re-instantiates the frontend window/view.
Why would this be helpful?
DashBeam is designed to stay running in the background for local peer-to-peer file transfers, but keeping the full webview process loaded consumes a noticeable amount of system memory:
- Current DashBeam idle/background usage: ~250 MB total (WebView2 runtime processes take ~235 MB plus ~21 MB for DashBeam core).
- With Lightweight Mode: Background memory drops to the bare minimum required for the core process (typically under 10–20 MB), saving resources for users who keep the app running in the background 24/7 or on low-spec machines.
Anything else you'd like to add?
A similar feature is implemented in AnInsomniacy/motrix-next under Preferences > General > Tray & Dock > Lightweight Mode ("When enabled, the rendering process is destroyed on minimize to tray to reduce memory usage"), bringing its background footprint down to under 10 MB.
What would you like to see?
Add an optional "Lightweight Mode" setting (destroy webview/rendering process when minimized to tray) to drastically reduce background memory footprint while keeping background transfer services active.
When enabled:
Why would this be helpful?
DashBeam is designed to stay running in the background for local peer-to-peer file transfers, but keeping the full webview process loaded consumes a noticeable amount of system memory:
Anything else you'd like to add?
A similar feature is implemented in AnInsomniacy/motrix-next under Preferences > General > Tray & Dock > Lightweight Mode ("When enabled, the rendering process is destroyed on minimize to tray to reduce memory usage"), bringing its background footprint down to under 10 MB.