Electron locking when opening more than one application

Question

I’m going through a little problem :c

Whenever I open more than one Electron application and it starts loading a new main window for the user to start using the application, the entire operating system is extremely slow for a few seconds until the page is fully loaded.

This only happens when you open more than one Electron app. In my case, I’m using Windows 10.

Update of the question

Mysteriously other applications that run Electron like Discord don’t make this little problem happen.

This happens only between my Electron developed applications.

Update 2

Modules used in Preload:

const { remote, ipcRenderer, shell } = require('electron');
const Tray = remote.Tray;
const Menu = remote.Menu;
const app = remote.app;
const dialog = remote.dialog;

const download = require('./download');
const exec = require('child_process').execFile;
const empty = require('empty-folder');
const JSZip = require("jszip");
const path = require('path');
const fs = require('fs');
const osLocale = require('os-locale');
const ioHook = require('iohook');
const chokidar = require('chokidar');
const md5 = require('md5');
const md5File = require('md5-file');

const config = require('../../config.json');
const package = require('../../package.json');
const languagelist = require('../_locales/list.json');

const appUserModelId2 = remote.getGlobal("appUserModelId2");
const isAsar = remote.getGlobal("isAsar");
const tinyDir = remote.getGlobal("tinyDir");

Answer 1

I figured out the problem myself. It was a conflict going on when the ioHook module was loaded by another application.

Still thanks for the one who tried to help me.

Answer 2

The Electron is too heavy. The reason for this is that it uses Google Chrome underneath the scenes, and Chrome is a voracious memory, processing, and disk IO eater.

See here some references to this:

• Electron is flash for the desktop

• Electron considered Harmful because it Rides on Chromium