diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 6982793..c8faaff 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "objc2-foundation 0.3.1",
  "parking_lot",
  "percent-encoding",
- "windows-sys 0.52.0",
+ "windows-sys 0.59.0",
  "x11rb",
 ]
 
@@ -1358,7 +1358,7 @@ version = "0.31.1"
 source = "git+https://github.com/damus-io/egui?rev=73a831ed43d3a8592611e2948b505add88d8aba2#73a831ed43d3a8592611e2948b505add88d8aba2"
 dependencies = [
  "bytemuck",
- "emath",
+ "emath 0.31.1 (git+https://github.com/damus-io/egui?rev=73a831ed43d3a8592611e2948b505add88d8aba2)",
  "serde",
 ]
 
@@ -1407,7 +1407,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "ahash",
  "backtrace",
  "bitflags 2.9.1",
- "emath",
+ "emath 0.31.1 (git+https://github.com/damus-io/egui?rev=73a831ed43d3a8592611e2948b505add88d8aba2)",
  "epaint",
  "log",
  "nohash-hasher",
@@ -1533,6 +1533,12 @@ version = "1.15.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "48c757948c5ede0e46177b7add2e67155f70e33c07fea8284df6576da70b3719"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "emath"
+version = "0.31.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9e4cadcff7a5353ba72b7fea76bf2122b5ebdbc68e8155aa56dfdea90083fe1b"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "emath"
 version = "0.31.1"
@@ -1622,6 +1628,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 2.0.103",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "env_filter"
+version = "0.1.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "186e05a59d4c50738528153b83b0b0194d3a29507dfec16eccd4b342903397d0"
+dependencies = [
+ "log",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "epaint"
 version = "0.31.1"
@@ -1631,7 +1646,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "ahash",
  "bytemuck",
  "ecolor",
- "emath",
+ "emath 0.31.1 (git+https://github.com/damus-io/egui?rev=73a831ed43d3a8592611e2948b505add88d8aba2)",
  "epaint_default_fonts",
  "log",
  "nohash-hasher",
@@ -2625,6 +2640,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "either",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "itertools"
+version = "0.14.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2b192c782037fadd9cfa75548310488aabdbf3d2da73885b31bd0abd03351285"
+dependencies = [
+ "either",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "itoa"
 version = "1.0.15"
@@ -2855,6 +2879,15 @@ version = "0.4.27"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "13dc2df351e3202783a1fe0d44375f7295ffb4049267b0f3018346dc122a1d94"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "log-once"
+version = "0.4.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6d8a05e3879b317b1b6dbf353e5bba7062bedcc59815267bb23eaa0c576cebf0"
+dependencies = [
+ "log",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "loop9"
 version = "0.1.5"
@@ -2928,6 +2961,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "autocfg",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "memory-stats"
+version = "1.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c73f5c649995a115e1a0220b35e4df0a1294500477f97a91d0660fb5abeb574a"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "windows-sys 0.52.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "metal"
 version = "0.31.0"
@@ -3275,6 +3318,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "profiling",
  "puffin",
  "puffin_egui",
+ "re_memory",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "strum",
@@ -3386,6 +3430,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "tracing",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "ntapi"
+version = "0.4.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e8a3895c6391c39d7fe7ebc444a87eb2991b2a0bc718fdabd071eec617fc68e4"
+dependencies = [
+ "winapi",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "nu-ansi-term"
 version = "0.46.0"
@@ -4426,6 +4479,60 @@ version = "0.5.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "3b42e27ef78c35d3998403c1d26f3efd9e135d3e5121b0a4845cc5cc27547f4f"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "re_format"
+version = "0.23.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2911aed8ef5b658871fc109072e056d77e8a8af9c438f9662ed5c88ac6850313"
+dependencies = [
+ "num-traits",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "re_log"
+version = "0.23.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1179e5409f57aebeedcea10d5cc4bea2bf5a9f237901501cb9a0e505ae06112f"
+dependencies = [
+ "env_filter",
+ "log",
+ "log-once",
+ "parking_lot",
+ "tracing",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "re_memory"
+version = "0.23.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9ee6d1efd5f0478116ca816ee1689995c7878107fe0ee06b7aecee8cd454ce00"
+dependencies = [
+ "ahash",
+ "backtrace",
+ "emath 0.31.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "itertools 0.14.0",
+ "memory-stats",
+ "nohash-hasher",
+ "once_cell",
+ "parking_lot",
+ "re_format",
+ "re_log",
+ "re_tracing",
+ "smallvec",
+ "sysinfo",
+ "wasm-bindgen",
+ "web-time 1.1.0",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "re_tracing"
+version = "0.23.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "41f4ddc0564f0ae8fbe75a5ade3c66c9ddecf51bfcdf6aa4fa8b9ccce695a8fc"
+dependencies = [
+ "puffin",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "redox_syscall"
 version = "0.4.1"
@@ -5252,6 +5359,20 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 2.0.103",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "sysinfo"
+version = "0.30.13"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0a5b4ddaee55fb2bea2bf0e5000747e5f5c0de765e5a5ff87f4cd106439f4bb3"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "core-foundation-sys",
+ "libc",
+ "ntapi",
+ "once_cell",
+ "windows 0.52.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "system-deps"
 version = "6.2.2"
@@ -6351,7 +6472,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "wasm-bindgen",
  "web-sys",
  "wgpu-types",
- "windows",
+ "windows 0.58.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -6409,6 +6530,16 @@ version = "0.4.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "712e227841d057c1ee1cd2fb22fa7e5a5461ae8e48fa2ca79ec42cfc1931183f"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows"
+version = "0.52.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e48a53791691ab099e5e2ad123536d0fff50652600abaf43bbf952894110d0be"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows-core 0.52.0",
+ "windows-targets 0.52.6",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows"
 version = "0.58.0"
@@ -6419,6 +6550,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-targets 0.52.6",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows-core"
+version = "0.52.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "33ab640c8d7e35bf8ba19b884ba838ceb4fba93a4e8c65a9059d08afcfc683d9"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows-targets 0.52.6",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows-core"
 version = "0.58.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index d603e7e..a0f5cb4 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ lightning-invoice = "0.33.1"
 secp256k1 = "0.30.0"
 hashbrown = "0.15.2"
 openai-api-rs = "6.0.3"
+re_memory = "0.23.4"
 
 [profile.small]
 inherits = 'release'
diff --git a/crates/notedeck_chrome/Cargo.toml b/crates/notedeck_chrome/Cargo.toml
index be2a8a8..63d54a2 100644
--- a/crates/notedeck_chrome/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/notedeck_chrome/Cargo.toml
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ tracing-appender = { workspace = true }
 tracing-subscriber = { workspace = true }
 tracing = { workspace = true }
 profiling = { workspace = true }
+re_memory = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 tempfile = { workspace = true }
@@ -45,6 +46,7 @@ path = "src/notedeck.rs"
 
 [features]
 default = []
+memory = ["re_memory"]
 puffin = ["profiling/profile-with-puffin", "dep:puffin"]
 debug-widget-callstack = ["egui/callstack"]
 debug-interactive-widgets = []
diff --git a/crates/notedeck_chrome/src/chrome.rs b/crates/notedeck_chrome/src/chrome.rs
index 9a3754f..e1042c1 100644
--- a/crates/notedeck_chrome/src/chrome.rs
+++ b/crates/notedeck_chrome/src/chrome.rs
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ pub struct Chrome {
     open: bool,
     tab_selected: i32,
     apps: Vec<NotedeckApp>,
+
+    #[cfg(feature = "memory")]
+    show_memory_debug: bool,
 }
 
 impl Default for Chrome {
@@ -28,6 +31,9 @@ impl Default for Chrome {
             tab_selected: 0,
             open: true,
             apps: vec![],
+
+            #[cfg(feature = "memory")]
+            show_memory_debug: false,
         }
     }
 }
@@ -220,7 +226,7 @@ impl Chrome {
                     });
 
                     ui.with_layout(Layout::bottom_up(egui::Align::Center), |ui| {
-                        if let Some(action) = bottomup_sidebar(app_ctx, ui) {
+                        if let Some(action) = bottomup_sidebar(self, app_ctx, ui) {
                             got_action = Some(action);
                         }
                     });
@@ -656,7 +662,11 @@ fn pfp_button(ctx: &mut AppContext, ui: &mut egui::Ui) -> egui::Response {
 
 /// The section of the chrome sidebar that starts at the
 /// bottom and goes up
-fn bottomup_sidebar(ctx: &mut AppContext, ui: &mut egui::Ui) -> Option<ChromePanelAction> {
+fn bottomup_sidebar(
+    _chrome: &mut Chrome,
+    ctx: &mut AppContext,
+    ui: &mut egui::Ui,
+) -> Option<ChromePanelAction> {
     ui.add_space(8.0);
 
     let pfp_resp = pfp_button(ctx, ui);
@@ -701,6 +711,26 @@ fn bottomup_sidebar(ctx: &mut AppContext, ui: &mut egui::Ui) -> Option<ChromePan
             "{:10.1}",
             ctx.frame_history.mean_frame_time() * 1e3
         ));
+
+        #[cfg(feature = "memory")]
+        {
+            let mem_use = re_memory::MemoryUse::capture();
+            if let Some(counted) = mem_use.counted {
+                let memory_resp = ui.label(format!("{}", format_bytes(counted as f64)));
+                if memory_resp.clicked() {
+                    _chrome.show_memory_debug = !_chrome.show_memory_debug;
+                } else if memory_resp.hovered() {
+                    notedeck_ui::show_pointer(ui);
+                }
+            }
+            if let Some(resident) = mem_use.resident {
+                ui.weak(format!("{}", format_bytes(resident as f64)));
+            }
+
+            if _chrome.show_memory_debug {
+                egui::Window::new("Memory Debug").show(ui.ctx(), memory_debug_ui);
+            }
+        }
     }
 
     if pfp_resp.hovered()
@@ -725,3 +755,100 @@ fn bottomup_sidebar(ctx: &mut AppContext, ui: &mut egui::Ui) -> Option<ChromePan
         None
     }
 }
+
+#[cfg(feature = "memory")]
+fn memory_debug_ui(ui: &mut egui::Ui) {
+    let Some(stats) = &re_memory::accounting_allocator::tracking_stats() else {
+        ui.label("re_memory::accounting_allocator::set_tracking_callstacks(true); not set!!");
+        return;
+    };
+
+    egui::ScrollArea::vertical().show(ui, |ui| {
+        ui.label(format!(
+            "track_size_threshold {}",
+            stats.track_size_threshold
+        ));
+        ui.label(format!(
+            "untracked {} {}",
+            stats.untracked.count,
+            format_bytes(stats.untracked.size as f64)
+        ));
+        ui.label(format!(
+            "stochastically_tracked {} {}",
+            stats.stochastically_tracked.count,
+            format_bytes(stats.stochastically_tracked.size as f64),
+        ));
+        ui.label(format!(
+            "fully_tracked {} {}",
+            stats.fully_tracked.count,
+            format_bytes(stats.fully_tracked.size as f64)
+        ));
+        ui.label(format!(
+            "overhead {} {}",
+            stats.overhead.count,
+            format_bytes(stats.overhead.size as f64)
+        ));
+
+        ui.separator();
+
+        for (i, callstack) in stats.top_callstacks.iter().enumerate() {
+            let full_bt = format!("{}", callstack.readable_backtrace);
+            let mut lines = full_bt.lines().skip(5);
+            let bt_header = lines.nth(0).map_or("??", |v| v);
+            let header = format!(
+                "#{} {bt_header} {}x {}",
+                i + 1,
+                callstack.extant.count,
+                format_bytes(callstack.extant.size as f64)
+            );
+
+            egui::CollapsingHeader::new(header)
+                .id_salt(("mem_cs", i))
+                .show(ui, |ui| {
+                    ui.label(lines.collect::<Vec<_>>().join("\n"));
+                });
+        }
+    });
+}
+
+/// Pretty format a number of bytes by using SI notation (base2), e.g.
+///
+/// ```
+/// # use re_format::format_bytes;
+/// assert_eq!(format_bytes(123.0), "123 B");
+/// assert_eq!(format_bytes(12_345.0), "12.1 KiB");
+/// assert_eq!(format_bytes(1_234_567.0), "1.2 MiB");
+/// assert_eq!(format_bytes(123_456_789.0), "118 MiB");
+/// ```
+#[cfg(feature = "memory")]
+pub fn format_bytes(number_of_bytes: f64) -> String {
+    /// The minus character: <https://www.compart.com/en/unicode/U+2212>
+    /// Looks slightly different from the normal hyphen `-`.
+    const MINUS: char = '−';
+
+    if number_of_bytes < 0.0 {
+        format!("{MINUS}{}", format_bytes(-number_of_bytes))
+    } else if number_of_bytes == 0.0 {
+        "0 B".to_owned()
+    } else if number_of_bytes < 1.0 {
+        format!("{number_of_bytes} B")
+    } else if number_of_bytes < 20.0 {
+        let is_integer = number_of_bytes.round() == number_of_bytes;
+        if is_integer {
+            format!("{number_of_bytes:.0} B")
+        } else {
+            format!("{number_of_bytes:.1} B")
+        }
+    } else if number_of_bytes < 10.0_f64.exp2() {
+        format!("{number_of_bytes:.0} B")
+    } else if number_of_bytes < 20.0_f64.exp2() {
+        let decimals = (10.0 * number_of_bytes < 20.0_f64.exp2()) as usize;
+        format!("{:.*} KiB", decimals, number_of_bytes / 10.0_f64.exp2())
+    } else if number_of_bytes < 30.0_f64.exp2() {
+        let decimals = (10.0 * number_of_bytes < 30.0_f64.exp2()) as usize;
+        format!("{:.*} MiB", decimals, number_of_bytes / 20.0_f64.exp2())
+    } else {
+        let decimals = (10.0 * number_of_bytes < 40.0_f64.exp2()) as usize;
+        format!("{:.*} GiB", decimals, number_of_bytes / 30.0_f64.exp2())
+    }
+}
diff --git a/crates/notedeck_chrome/src/notedeck.rs b/crates/notedeck_chrome/src/notedeck.rs
index 25eb439..a566a5f 100644
--- a/crates/notedeck_chrome/src/notedeck.rs
+++ b/crates/notedeck_chrome/src/notedeck.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,14 @@
 #![cfg_attr(not(debug_assertions), windows_subsystem = "windows")]
 // hide console window on Windows in release
 
+#[cfg(feature = "memory")]
+use re_memory::AccountingAllocator;
+
+#[cfg(feature = "memory")]
+#[global_allocator]
+static GLOBAL: AccountingAllocator<std::alloc::System> =
+    AccountingAllocator::new(std::alloc::System);
+
 use notedeck::{DataPath, DataPathType, Notedeck};
 use notedeck_chrome::{
     setup::{generate_native_options, setup_chrome},
@@ -66,6 +74,9 @@ fn setup_logging(path: &DataPath) -> Option<WorkerGuard> {
 #[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() {
+    #[cfg(feature = "memory")]
+    re_memory::accounting_allocator::set_tracking_callstacks(true);
+
     let base_path = DataPath::default_base_or_cwd();
     let path = DataPath::new(base_path.clone());