The short answer is no. People often have misconceptions about Electron apps based on their experiences with a poorly written one. I've had my own fair share of bad experiences with Electron-driven apps. But the way we've utilized Electron is far different than most applications.

Our Electron app is really only a thin client over a Rust-driven backend that handles all our business logic. We only invoke Typescript when we need to render the UI; everything else goes through Rust. We even run some Swift code too, for deep integration with the operating system.

Memory is still an issue with Electron, but we're getting better at reducing the footprint. We've put a lot of work into optimizing this app, so I recommend you give it a shot; I think you'll be pleasantly surprised by how performant and responsive it is.