diff --git a/.github/workflows/docker-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/docker-publish.yml
index 4fccfe3..a4e8f2d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docker-publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docker-publish.yml
@@ -45,9 +45,17 @@ jobs:
           node-version: 20
 
       - name: Install Frontend Dependencies & Build
-        env:
-          NODE_OPTIONS: "--max-old-space-size=768"
         run: |
+          total_ram_mb=$(awk '/MemTotal/ { printf "%d", $2/1024 }' /proc/meminfo)
+          if [ "$total_ram_mb" -lt 2048 ]; then
+            node_mem=768
+          elif [ "$total_ram_mb" -lt 4096 ]; then
+            node_mem=1536
+          else
+            node_mem=3072
+          fi
+          echo "RAM: ${total_ram_mb}MB — setting Node.js max to ${node_mem}MB"
+          export NODE_OPTIONS="--max-old-space-size=${node_mem}"
           cd frontend
           yarn install --frozen-lockfile
           yarn locale-compile
diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index 79e2af3..8dd3f43 100644
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -778,17 +778,30 @@ do_forgejo_runner_install() {
 
     mkdir -p "$FORGEJO_RUNNER_DIR"
 
-    # Ensure swap exists for low-RAM VPS (Docker image builds need ~2GB memory)
-    if [ ! -f /swapfile ]; then
-        log_step "Creating 2GB swapfile for build memory..."
-        fallocate -l 2G /swapfile
-        chmod 600 /swapfile
-        mkswap /swapfile > /dev/null
-        swapon /swapfile
-        echo '/swapfile none swap sw 0 0' >> /etc/fstab
-        log_ok "Swapfile created and enabled (persistent across reboots)."
+    # Auto-configure swap based on available RAM
+    local total_ram_mb
+    total_ram_mb=$(awk '/MemTotal/ { printf "%d", $2/1024 }' /proc/meminfo)
+    local swap_size=""
+    if [ "$total_ram_mb" -lt 2048 ]; then
+        swap_size="2G"
+    elif [ "$total_ram_mb" -lt 4096 ]; then
+        swap_size="1G"
+    fi
+
+    if [ -n "$swap_size" ]; then
+        if [ ! -f /swapfile ]; then
+            log_step "RAM: ${total_ram_mb}MB detected — creating ${swap_size} swapfile..."
+            fallocate -l "$swap_size" /swapfile
+            chmod 600 /swapfile
+            mkswap /swapfile > /dev/null
+            swapon /swapfile
+            echo '/swapfile none swap sw 0 0' >> /etc/fstab
+            log_ok "Swapfile ${swap_size} created and enabled (persistent across reboots)."
+        else
+            log_ok "Swapfile already exists, skipping."
+        fi
     else
-        log_ok "Swapfile already exists, skipping."
+        log_ok "RAM: ${total_ram_mb}MB — sufficient, no swap needed."
     fi
 
     # gitea/act_runner auto-registers on first start via env vars, then starts daemon