https://github.com/endel/increase-memory-limit

Increase memory limit for local node binaries ("max-old-space-size")
https://github.com/endel/increase-memory-limit

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Increase memory limit for local node binaries ("max-old-space-size")

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/endel/increase-memory-limit
• Owner: endel
• License: mit
• Created: 2017-03-02T10:03:01.000Z (almost 8 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2022-07-05T04:05:19.000Z (over 2 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-01-10T23:35:23.047Z (8 days ago)
• Topics: node, workaround
• Language: JavaScript
• Homepage: http://npmjs.com/package/increase-memory-limit
• Size: 14.6 KB
• Stars: 269
• Watchers: 7
• Forks: 26
• Open Issues: 11
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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README

        
# DEPRECATION NOTICE

As of Node.js v8.0 shipped August 2017, you can now use the `NODE_OPTIONS`

environment variable to set the max_old_space_size globally. ([#19](https://github.com/endel/increase-memory-limit/issues/19))

```

export NODE_OPTIONS=--max_old_space_size=4096

```

increase-memory-limit

===

Workaround to fix `heap out of memory` when running node binaries. It's a common

issue when using TypeScript 2.1+ and webpack.

This tool will append `--max-old-space-size=4096` in all `node` calls inside

your `node_modules/.bin/*` files.

```

FATAL ERROR: CALL_AND_RETRY_LAST Allocation failed - JavaScript heap out of memory

```

How to use

---

```

npm install -g increase-memory-limit

```

Run from the root location of your project:

```

increase-memory-limit

```

Running from NPM task

---

Alternatively, you can configure a npm task to run the fix.

```javascript

// ...

  "scripts": {

    "fix-memory-limit": "cross-env LIMIT=2048 increase-memory-limit"

  },

  "devDependencies": {

    "increase-memory-limit": "^1.0.3",

    "cross-env": "^5.0.5"

  }

// ...

```

```

npm run fix-memory-limit

```

License

---

MIT