# How to reduce memory footprint from 500mb

**URL:** <https://forum.flowable.org/t/how-to-reduce-memory-footprint-from-500mb/1273>\
**Category:** Flowable Engine\
**Created:** [November 29, 2017, 7:40pm UTC](https://forum.flowable.org/t/how-to-reduce-memory-footprint-from-500mb/1273 "2017-11-29T19:40:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![rob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/838e76/32.png) [@rob](https://forum.flowable.org/u/rob)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2017, 7:40pm UTC](https://forum.flowable.org/t/how-to-reduce-memory-footprint-from-500mb/1273/1 "2017-11-29T19:40:25Z")

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Hi all,

Flowable’s ram usage on my system, upon initial install, is around 500-520mb, without doing anything after install except viewing the IDM in the browser. Is this normal? Is there a way to reduce ram usage without cutting out some of the UI applications?

I have flowable running on docker, using a single tomcat base image (8.5-alpine) with all 5 UI .war apps installed. I didn’t use the docker images from flowable, since they are each separate and I assume the ram usage would be even higher.

Thanks!