Increase memory limit for local node binaries ('max-old-space-size')
Package: increase-memory-limit
Created by: endel
Last modified: Sun, 19 Jun 2022 01:01:54 GMT
Version: 1.0.7
License: ISC
Downloads: 99,758
Repository: https://github.com/endel/increase-memory-limit
Install
npm install increase-memory-limit
yarn add increase-memory-limit
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)
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.
// ...
"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
