Firemin is a small app that runs from the system tray and tries to address the problems associated with Firefox’s memory hogging ways.
Although appreciated by millions of users, Firefox does have drawbacks; it loves to eat up memory and can also experience memory leaks on certain systems, particularly after a couple of hours of up-time. Firefox has always been affected by these issues. Firemin Portable is a tool designed to address this problem and hence, enable a smoother and more enjoyable web navigation.
In the eventuality that you are dealing with a sluggish Firefox, Pale Moon or Waterfox and you would like to deal with the memory leaks responsible for the improper functionality, then perhaps Firemin Portable could come in handy. Regardless of the browser, you can configure the interval that the tool should reduce the memory usage, an option that can be helpful if you are usually keeping several tabs opened at the same time.
The memory dumping can be set for the times when the usage exceeds a certain threshold as well and the optimization can be applied to the extended processes. As a side note, the extended processes, in this case, refer to programs of the Mozilla Corporation, including Thunderbird, Sunbird, SeaMonkey as well as the plugins available with the browser.
Due to Firefox’s memory leakage, Firemin runs the clean memory API call a few times per second, rather than Windows Memory Management which performs similar operations less frequently.
In addition, the application permits you to run Firefox in Safe mode, an option that can lend you a hand with identifying and troubleshooting various issues, particularly those related to add-ons. As you probably hinted, running Firefox in Safe Mode means that the current add-ons and settings are going to be temporarily disabled.
Many might argue that Firemin is not a proven app and the benefits of using it cannot be quantified. That being said, the app is Open Source and free to use, so if it works for you then great! If you would rather rely on Windows Memory Management to periodically scan running processes and request them to release unused memory, then simply choose Windows to manage it.
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MEMORY LEAKS
We like keeping our apps running for a few days (that’s just the way I roll) and because of this Firefox was using over ~800MB of memory after about 3 days. It’s quite normal for Firefox to be sucking up over 200MB of memory right off the bat. In a memory leak you’ll see the memory usage keep increasing the longer the program is open/in-use and this is exactly what happens with Firefox.
ENTER FIREMIN
Rather than complain about it, we decided to fix it. Enter Firemin; simply put, it will attempt to eliminate Firefox memory leaks and decrease the amount of memory Firefox uses. All I did was tweak our Memory Booster a little and applied it to Firefox (including Firefox extensions) and all the memory leaks was gone.
FIREMIN VS. WINDOWS MEMORY MANAGEMENT
Windows will also periodically scan running processes and tell them to release their unused memory. You could argue that this makes Firemin unnecessary, and you would be spot on. However, It is my opinion that Windows does not clean out memory as often as I would like it to. Firemin runs the clean memory API call a few times per second.
OS: Both 32 and 64-bit versions of Windows XP / Vista / 7 / 8 / 10
Homepage: https://www.rizonesoft.com/downloads/firemin/
Changelog:
v6.2.3.5063 ::
- All executables now signed.
v6.2.3.5065 ::
- Fixed incorrect language flag icons.
- Removed Google Plus from the About page and replaced it with LinkedIn.
- Aligned Uncompiled icons.
Download:
Installer: http://www.rizonesoft.com/download/3949/
Portable: http://www.rizonesoft.com/download/3951/