What is Discord on Mac?
By Junaid, maker of Taskglass · Last reviewed
The Discord chat and voice app (built on Electron) and its helper processes.
Discord's desktop app is built on Electron, so it runs a main process plus Renderer, GPU and utility helpers. Voice and video calls, screen sharing and busy servers with animated content all increase its CPU and memory use.
- Category
- Third-party
- Made by
- Discord Inc.
- Safe to quit:
- Yes
Shown in Activity Monitor as Discord, Discord Helper, Discord Helper (Renderer), Discord Helper (GPU), Discord Helper (Plugin)
Why is Discord using so much CPU or memory?
- Voice or video calls and screen sharing
- Animated emoji, GIFs and stickers in busy channels
- Many servers joined
- Hardware acceleration issues
What to do
- 1Leave voice channels and stop streams when finished
- 2Turn off animated emoji and GIF autoplay in Settings > Accessibility
- 3Try toggling Hardware Acceleration in Settings > Advanced
- 4Quit and reopen Discord, and keep it updated
Safe to quit? Yes.
Safe to quit; you'll leave any voice call.
Related processes
Part of the Taskglass Process Library