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Faster Google Chrome that uses 10x less memory
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Mighty - Make Chrome faster and use 10x less memory

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Mighty is a faster browser that is entirely streamed from a powerful computer in the cloud. You can have 50+ tabs without your computer coming to a crawl, work without fan noise, Figma is 2x faster, and get more battery life.

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Suhail
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Maker
Hey everyone, thanks for checking out Mighty. If you have any questions, please comment below. After 2 years of hard work, we've created something that's indistinguishable from a Google Chrome that runs at 4K, 60 frames a second, takes no more than 500 MB of RAM, and often less than 30% CPU even with 50+ tabs open. This is the first step in making a new kind of computer. While there is a waitlist, we are onboarding new users every single week as we ramp up server capacity across west and east coast of the United States. We do not plan to have a permanent waitlist forever. In the meantime, feel free to read my piece on our master plan to reignite the future of desktop computing: https://blog.mightyapp.com/might...
Wilhelm Rahn
@suhail Excited to finally see Mighty hit Product Hunt! I've been following the Mighty hype on Twitter and, it was about time!
Paul de Fombelle
@suhail congrats on the launch. How much does Mighty rely on perfect internet connection?
Kobie Botha
Security seems like a major topic here. Are my cookies also stored on the "powerful computer in the cloud"
Sooraj Chandran
Oyster™
This is really great! How do you see this evolving with faster Macbooks coming out? For example, the M1 solves a lot of the speed problem.
James Welch
@soorajchandran_ @etherealarts as an M1 user with super-fast machine...chrome still crawls because of ram...it is still a problem
Sooraj Chandran
Oyster™
@etherealarts Got it! Thanks. But how would it affect the end user experience? As long as Chrome runs fast should I care about the ram usage?
Sooraj Chandran
Oyster™
@etherealarts @embryo Ah - Didn't know that. Thanks!
Michael
@etherealarts @soorajchandran_ Well, considering I have just recently upgraded from 64 GB of RAM (4x16 GB sticks) to a whopping 128 GB (4x32 GB sticks, which was super expensive and hard to find) - because I kept using up the majority of my RAM in multiple instances of chrome (as well as brave, firefox developer edition, opera GX), you'd be surprised at how quickly it adds up. i love having a ton of tabs open and it's an addiction of sorts, for me. but if you are interested in cutting down this RAM issue I would suggest switching from chrome itself to brave. you can use all of the same exact extensions as brave is also built on chromium, which is the base for chrome, plus, it's more secure and has built-in features that chrome does not have (like a built in web3/ethereum/erc20 crypto wallet, no spyware stuff, etc.) it does make a huge difference. barring that, try and use an extension like 'the great suspender' which will help you keep the RAM use under control.
Thomas Sanlis
Uneed
🌎️:: Please stop destroying me and consuming so many unnecessary resources! 🧔🏻: Let's make a browser in the cloud! At a time when we should be careful about our consumption and CO2 emissions, I find it hard to understand how projects like this can generate so much enthusiasm. Is it necessary to consume more resources by streaming your web browser?
Aidan Nulman
Jam
@thomas_sanlis1 What if folks could eke another year or two out of their computers before having to upgrade? This is not a hypothetical; I'm still running a 2014 MBP I would have replaced last year were it not for Mighty. [disclosure: I work at Mighty, and think about the ecological tradeoffs often]
Ian
@thomas_sanlis1 @anulman running a massive dual xenon server *in addition* to your laptop is not better than buying a new macbook
Thomas Sanlis
Uneed
@anulman That's actually a very good point! I'm still sceptical about the total resources usage, but you're right about this. I'll be curious to see some numbers and statistics about your ecological impact.
Alex Winfield
@thomas_sanlis1 @agentdrtran The environmental impact of creating a new computer far exceeds dozens of running computers. I'm not sure this is a great product, but it is at least beneficial to the environment in that respect.
Thomas Sanlis
Uneed
@agentdrtran @nilamo Sure. But I'm sure every user of Mighty will not keep their computer longer because of it. But again, the only way to be sure of the environmental impact is transparency, number, and a study. And I think that if Mighty doesn't mention it at all, it's because it doesn't benefit them.
Ryan Hoover
Product Hunt
I remember hearing about @suhail's new startup ~year ago. Bold, technical challenge. I'm curious, what's the craziest thing Mighty will support in a few years, Suhail?
Suhail
Playground
Maker
@rrhoover Since our browser runs on servers in the cloud, we can virtually change every layer it relies upon: everything from machine code caches of JavaScript to making Chrome handle CPU parallelism better for a single tab. We hope to make web apps feel as fast as native apps.
y8
@rrhoover @suhail so here we are again in the era of thin clients 😂 How you are managing latency? Like what is median visible latency between keystroke and symbol appearing on screen?
Addison James
Very interesting product. My first concern was privacy which isn’t addressed on this PH page. Found it at the very bottom of your website- you may want to reprioritize the order so it’s higher. I assume all my traffic and keystrokes are collected and send to the server/VM?
Ian
@addisonjames yup! don't worry though, they pinky-promise to keep it safe
Suhail
Playground
Maker
@addisonjames we answered the most common questions here: https://www.mightyapp.com/security
Aaron O'Leary
Product Hunt
This is pretty incredible sounding! Have you discovered if there is any limit, eg if I open say 300 tabs will I get some bad fan speed?
Suhail
Playground
Maker
@aaronoleary No. Since the browser isn’t running on your computer, those tabs aren’t taking any resources on your computer.
Sarah Wright
Product Hunt
The idea of "replacing expensive physical computers with low powered inexpensive ones" is just as amazing as the speed. That would have a huge effect globally on resources. 🚀
Harkirat Singh
Haven't tried the product yet, but how does this couple with local development? Can the VM on the cloud access localhost?
Kristian Gerardsson
@harkirat_singh3 I had the same question!
Derek Nuzum
I've been using Mighty for about a month and it really is incredible and, at the same time, kicking myself for not following through with a similar idea I had years ago! It was an effortless switch from Chrome/Brave/Chromium into Mighty. Leveraging Google Workspace, Zendesk, Miro, Trello, etc. within my organization, my mid-tier 2020 (Intel) MBP was struggling and was nothing but a jet engine for 8 hours a day. Now? Silence for ~6-8 hours depending on local workflows like Adobe, CAD, and others. The computer was brand new and already felt sluggish from all the browser weight. Mighty has given me the power that was paid for back into my workflows keeping the bevy of resource-heavy SaaS platforms isolated and offloaded so I can seamlessly jump from task to task without waiting for something to 'just work'/load!
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