# Elixir memory usage

**URL:** <https://forum.elixirforum.com/t/elixir-memory-usage/21444>\
**Category:** Questions\
**Tags:** beam, memory\
**Created:** [April 5, 2019, 7:41pm UTC](https://forum.elixirforum.com/t/elixir-memory-usage/21444 "2019-04-05T19:41:36Z")\
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I seem to recall a minimal web/proxy thing I wrote taking about 24MB used… There is an awful lot of runtime data available in the BEAM. You can easily find out what processes have the largest heaps etc. I’ve used the base Erlang system info calls, but I bet somebody here can guide you to easier-to-use tools that will allow you to drill down and find out where the big uses are.

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