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manage heap size of node procsess

to see current allocated size for node env. run this command in terminal node -e 'console.log(v8.getHeapStatistics().heap_size_limit/(1024*1024))'

to set/increase heap size run this command in terminal

Windows

From the control panel go to System → Advanced system settings → Environment Variables → New (user or system) image

Or this can be done in PowerShell with:

$env:NODE_OPTIONS="--max-old-space-size=8192" You can also increase this number, if necessary. We've seen folks need to increase this up to 14 GB for some larger projects!

Linux/macOS

export NODE_OPTIONS=--max-old-space-size=8192

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