How to fix Firefox memory leak issue with Firemin

“fixed memory leak” – that’s what we often hear from Firefox developers. But from my experience, it’s always been the same. If you use Firefox for a while (hours or days without closing it), and if you open your task manager you’ll be surprised to see how much memory the Firefox process consumes.

I’ve tried installing the older version hoping that the older ones won’t consume as much memory. I tried firefox version 4, version 5, version 6 and 7. But unfortunately, no matter which version of firefox you use, the memory leak issue is still there.

I am a web designer by profession and Firefox is my preferred browser. Honestly the reason I am still using it now despite the memory leak issue is because of the very useful and powerful plugins eg Firebug, MeasureIt, ySlow, PageSpeed, web developer.

Some of the older Firefox addons are also available in Google Chrome, but Firefox addons are still much more powerful than Chrome addons.

Due to Firefox’s memory management issue, and because I can’t work well having a “does not answer” message almost all the time, I decided to find a solution on how to fix firefox memory leak problem. Luckily I have found the solution to fix Firefox memory problem.

Fix Firefox memory leak issue with Firemin

Firemin sits idle in the background (and in the Windows system tray) and manages Firefox’s memory in the background. Firemin fixes Firefox memory leak by optimizing Firefox memory usage and defragmenting the Firefox database.

How to use Firemin

1. Download Firemin (2MB)
2. After download. Unzip firemin.zip and double click on Firemin.exe and let it take care of Firefox.
3. That’s it. Enjoy Firefox as it should be.

According to their website:
You expected it to be more complicated, we are really sorry to disappoint you.

Try it and see the difference.

Do you want to see if Firemin really works? Try the steps below and see the difference.
1. First run Firefox without Firemin.
2. Open Windows Task Manager and check the memory usage of Firefox in the Processes tab.
3. Take note of the large amount of “K” Firefox is consuming without Firemin.
4. After taking the note, run Firemin.exe and see the magic.
5. Go back to Windows Task Manager and look at Firefox’s memory usage again. Isn’t that amazing?

I hope this post will help you in some way to fix your problem in Firefox.