# More RAM in Sprites

**URL:** <https://community.fly.io/t/more-ram-in-sprites/26921>\
**Category:** Questions / Help\
**Tags:** sprites, login-only\
**Created:** [January 23, 2026, 1:35am UTC](https://community.fly.io/t/more-ram-in-sprites/26921 "2026-01-23T01:35:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![adamr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eada6e/32.png) [@adamr](https://community.fly.io/u/adamr)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2026, 1:35am UTC](https://community.fly.io/t/more-ram-in-sprites/26921/1 "2026-01-23T01:35:33Z")

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How can I start a sprite with more than 8GB of RAM? It seems to always be that amount, which isn’t enough to start my app and its services.

It seems at least 16GB should be available according to [https://sprites.dev/](https://sprites.dev/) “Sprite VMs have access to big chunks of CPU and Memory. Your blobs of code just use what they need, up to 8 CPUs and 16GB of RAM for any given run.”

```auto
free -h
               total used free shared buff/cache available
Mem: 7.8Gi 5.9Gi 1.3Gi 36Mi 832Mi 1.8Gi
Swap: 0B 0B 0B

```

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**Author:** ![samwarmuth](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/fly1/user_avatar/community.fly.io/samwarmuth/32/47683_2.png) [@samwarmuth](https://community.fly.io/u/samwarmuth)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2026, 4:02am UTC](https://community.fly.io/t/more-ram-in-sprites/26921/2 "2026-01-23T04:02:18Z")

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I asked the Fly support team about 16GB of RAM on a sprite, and they said it’s something that’s not available quite yet, but they’re gauging interest.

A lot of things around Sprites are moving fast. If there’s interest and a strong reason, I think there’s a good chance they’d make 16GB available. What type of app are you running that needs more than 8GB of RAM?

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/fly1/original/3X/6/e/6e8955d00cb218e186ebbe3a6ab06fefdce15290.svg) [@system](https://community.fly.io/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2026, 4:02am UTC](https://community.fly.io/t/more-ram-in-sprites/26921/3 "2026-01-30T04:02:46Z")

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