kdbhalala/avdslim
⚡ Drop Android Virtual Device (AVD) emulator RAM from ~8GB to ~1.5GB on Apple Silicon & Linux. Inspired by simslim.
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[](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT) [](https://goreportcard.com/report/github.com/kdbhalala/avdslim) [](https://github.com/kdbhalala/avdslim/releases) [](https://github.com/marketplace/actions/avd-slim-android-emulator-ram-ci-optimizer) avdslim is a lightweight, zero-dependency CLI tool that cuts Android Virtual Device (AVD) host memory from 8.5 GB to 2.5 GB in Activity Monitor (1.5 GB of it actually resident) and cuts idle CPU overhead to near-zero on Apple Silicon & Linux. Launching from Android Studio's ▶ button instead? See the optional install-shim below. The #1 fear with debloating tools is silent breakage. avdslim is designed to be safe by default: When creating Virtual Devices in Android Studio Device Manager, your choice of system image makes an enormous difference in RAM consumption: When developing Android apps on macOS or Linux, developers often discover qemu-system-aarch64 consuming 5 GB to 8+ GB of RAM in Activity Monitor. Just like simslim silences iOS simulators via launchctl, avdslim: Download pre-compiled binaries from GitHub Releases: Prefer clicking the green "Play" button in Android Studio? Wrap the SDK emulator binary once: Print…
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- ⚡ AVD-SLIM™
- ⚡ Quick Start
- 🛡️ Fidelity & Safety Guarantee
- 💡 Golden SDK Recommendation: Which System Image to Choose?
- 🎯 The Problem
- Why Does the Emulator Consume 8 GB?
- 💡 The Solution
- 📊 Memory Footprint Breakdown
- 🚀 Installation
- Option 1: One-Line Installer (Fastest)
- Option 2: Homebrew (macOS / Linux directly from this repo)
- Option 3: Go Install
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What this repository does
⚡ Drop Android Virtual Device (AVD) emulator RAM from ~8GB to ~1.5GB on Apple Silicon & Linux. Inspired by simslim.
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- Owner
- kdbhalala
- Primary language
- Go
- Stars
- 140
- Forks
- 8
- Open issues + pull requests
- 0
- License
- MIT
- Archived
- No
- Default branch
- main
- Created
- 2026-09-16T06:52:40.000Z
- Last push
- 2026-09-19T01:34:20.000Z
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