Is there a light version of sql developer?

Eslam_Elbyaly wrote:

 

windows 7 64bit. 4GB Ram. Core I5.

 

Hi,

I used many versions of sql developer and I always feel it's slow in everything. Is there a light weight version of it or is there something I can do to make it faster?

There is no 'light' version of SQL Dev.

And with what is posted, we don't even know what it is about SQL Dev that you consider "slow".  SQL Dev does not process the sql that you give it, nor the sql that it generates. Regardless of the source, sql is always processed by the database.  The client (SQL Dev, sqlplus, Toad, some app written in C, etc) just sends the sql to the database, and takes whatever is returned.

Suggestions on this topic here

https://www.thatjeffsmith.com/archive/2016/03/make-sql-developer-run-faster/

for any developer or tech/biz user, I would find a 4GB machine limiting. Like, you could run SQL Developer on it, but probably not Chrome, Office, and gosh knows what else.

I would hope a standard machine today would start at 8 if not at least 16GB of RAM

Using a 32bit JDK helps quite a bit on memory consumption, but not at all with speed - at least that is how it felt to me last time i only had 4GB of RAM

On Windows you can use 32bit executables even on 64bit versions of the OS without installing any other compatibility layer (you do not have to re-download sqldeveloper, the version with the bundled 64bit JDK works with a 32bit JDK after you adjust  your config file).

Otherwise as suggested in Jeff's article, disable everything you do not need.