RAM prices have increased by almost 100% in the past few months. Why buy RAM when one can just download it?
That is why you can use this script to automate the downloading and installing of RAM on your device.

Requirements

Works only on GNU/Linux devices
bash/zsh/fish or any other shell
sudo access to the device
Enough free disk space on your device to download the RAM (on the partition mounted on /)

Installation

Via Homebrew (Linux)

Add the tap and install:

brew tap agresdominik/repo https://github.com/agresdominik/repo
brew install download-ram

Run the script:

sudo $(which download-ram)

Manual

Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/agresdominik/download-ram.git
cd download-ram

Make the script executable:

chmod +x download-ram.sh

Run the script:

sudo ./download-ram.sh

Select how much ram you want (e.g. 4GiB):

Please select how much RAM you want to download:
1) 4GiB of RAM
2) 8GiB of RAM
3) 16GiB of RAM
4) Custom amount
Plese note you need at least the chosen amount of space on your drive + 4GiB

> 1

After the script is done downloading the RAM check if your system recognises it:

$ free -h
total        used        free      shared  buff/cache   available
Mem:            15Gi       8,7Gi       911Mi        78Mi       5,1Gi       6,8Gi
Swap:          4,0Gi          0B       4,0Gi    # <-- This is what you are looking for

FAQ

Is this real?

Yes.

How do i remove the downloaded RAM?

Check what name was assigned to your new RAM (e.g. in this example /var/swap/swapfile0)

$ swapon --show
NAME                TYPE        SIZE  USED  PRIO
/var/swap/swapfile0 file        4G    0B    -2

And remove with the following commands:

sudo swapoff /var/swap/swapfile0
sudo rm /var/swap/swapfile0

And !!IMPORTANT!! delete the entry with the same name from fstab:

sudo nano /etc/fstab

The entry looks usually like this:

/var/swap/swapfile0 none swap defaults 0 0

If you dont do this Linux may decline to boot until you fix it in safe mode.

Disclaimer

This project is for educational and entertainment purposes only.

You are solely responsible for:
Understanding what the script does before running it.
Reviewing any shell scripts you download from the internet.
Any effects (good, bad, or spectacularly unfortunate) that result from running this code on your systems.

By using this repository, you acknowledge that the author is not responsible for any data loss, downtime, misconfiguration, or other issues caused by running these scripts. :)

Inspired by: https://downloadmoreram.com/

Tested on:

Debian 13
Fedora Asahi Remix 42
Arch Linux