diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 4b02ba913..82bd40f77 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -418,15 +418,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-targets 0.52.6",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "backtrace-ext"
-version = "0.2.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "537beee3be4a18fb023b570f80e3ae28003db9167a751266b259926e25539d50"
-dependencies = [
- "backtrace",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "barrier_cell"
 version = "0.1.0"
@@ -2811,6 +2802,16 @@ version = "0.2.11"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "8355be11b20d696c8f18f6cc018c4e372165b1fa8126cef092399c9951984ffa"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "libmimalloc-sys"
+version = "0.1.39"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "23aa6811d3bd4deb8a84dde645f943476d13b248d818edcf8ce0b2f37f036b44"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+ "libc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "libredox"
 version = "0.1.3"
@@ -2954,8 +2955,6 @@ version = "7.4.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "317f146e2eb7021892722af37cf1b971f0a70c8406f487e24952667616192c64"
 dependencies = [
- "backtrace",
- "backtrace-ext",
  "cfg-if",
  "miette-derive 7.4.0",
  "owo-colors",
@@ -2991,6 +2990,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "mimalloc"
+version = "0.1.43"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "68914350ae34959d83f732418d51e2427a794055d0b9529f48259ac07af65633"
+dependencies = [
+ "libmimalloc-sys",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "mime"
 version = "0.3.17"
@@ -3672,6 +3680,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "pep440_rs",
  "pep508_rs",
  "percent-encoding",
+ "pixi_allocator",
  "pixi_build_frontend",
  "pixi_build_types",
  "pixi_config",
@@ -3747,6 +3756,14 @@ dependencies = [
  "zstd",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "pixi_allocator"
+version = "0.1.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "mimalloc",
+ "tikv-jemallocator",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "pixi_build_frontend"
 version = "0.1.0"
@@ -6140,6 +6157,26 @@ dependencies = [
  "once_cell",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tikv-jemalloc-sys"
+version = "0.6.0+5.3.0-1-ge13ca993e8ccb9ba9847cc330696e02839f328f7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "cd3c60906412afa9c2b5b5a48ca6a5abe5736aec9eb48ad05037a677e52e4e2d"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+ "libc",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tikv-jemallocator"
+version = "0.6.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4cec5ff18518d81584f477e9bfdf957f5bb0979b0bac3af4ca30b5b3ae2d2865"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "tikv-jemalloc-sys",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "time"
 version = "0.3.37"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index d0833174e..43ccf790f 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
 [workspace]
+exclude = [
+  # Only pulled in when enabling certain features. We do not want to include
+  # these crates when running workspace wide commands.
+  "crates/pixi_allocator",
+]
 members = ["crates/*"]
 
 [workspace.package]
@@ -51,7 +56,7 @@ itertools = "0.13.0"
 jsonrpsee = "=0.24.2"
 libc = { version = "0.2.169", default-features = false }
 memchr = "2.7.4"
-miette = { version = "7.4.0", features = ["fancy"] }
+miette = { version = "7.4.0" }
 minijinja = "2.5.0"
 nix = { version = "0.29.0", default-features = false }
 once_cell = "1.20.2"
@@ -144,6 +149,7 @@ zip = { version = "2.2.2", default-features = false }
 zstd = { version = "0.13.2", default-features = false }
 
 fancy_display = { path = "crates/fancy_display" }
+pixi_allocator = { path = "crates/pixi_allocator" }
 pixi_build_frontend = { path = "crates/pixi_build_frontend" }
 pixi_build_type_conversions = { path = "crates/pixi_build_type_conversions" }
 pixi_build_types = { path = "crates/pixi_build_types" }
@@ -194,6 +200,10 @@ rustls-tls = [
 self_update = []
 slow_integration_tests = []
 
+# This feature enables performance optimizations but at the cost of increased
+# compile times. By default, it is only used when building the release binary.
+performance = ["pixi_allocator"]
+
 [dependencies]
 ahash = { workspace = true }
 assert_matches = { workspace = true }
@@ -260,6 +270,7 @@ uv-pep508 = { workspace = true }
 uv-pypi-types = { workspace = true }
 
 fs-err = { workspace = true, features = ["tokio"] }
+pixi_allocator = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 pixi_build_frontend = { workspace = true }
 pixi_build_types = { workspace = true }
 pixi_config = { workspace = true }
@@ -402,4 +413,4 @@ gcc-aarch64-linux-gnu = { version = '*', targets = [
 
 # Package config for `dist`
 [package.metadata.dist]
-features = ["self_update"]
+features = ["self_update", "performance"]
diff --git a/crates/pixi_allocator/Cargo.toml b/crates/pixi_allocator/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9d39d8989
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/pixi_allocator/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+[package]
+description = "A crate that provides the best memory allocator for different platforms"
+edition = "2021"
+name = "pixi_allocator"
+version = "0.1.0"
+
+[lib]
+doctest = false
+
+[dependencies]
+
+[target.'cfg(all(target_os = "windows"))'.dependencies]
+mimalloc = { version = "0.1.43" }
+
+[target.'cfg(all(not(target_os = "windows"), not(target_os = "openbsd"), not(target_os = "freebsd"), any(target_arch = "x86_64", target_arch = "aarch64", target_arch = "powerpc64")))'.dependencies]
+tikv-jemallocator = { version = "0.6.0" }
diff --git a/crates/pixi_allocator/src/lib.rs b/crates/pixi_allocator/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..049d21ab5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/pixi_allocator/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+//! This crate pulls in specific allocators for different platforms to optimize
+//! the performance.
+//!
+//! This is placed in a separate crate to easily allow conditional compilation.
+//! Compiling these crates can take a long time and we do not always care about
+//! the extra performance.
+
+#[cfg(target_os = "windows")]
+#[global_allocator]
+static GLOBAL: mimalloc::MiMalloc = mimalloc::MiMalloc;
+
+#[cfg(all(
+    not(target_os = "windows"),
+    not(target_os = "openbsd"),
+    not(target_os = "freebsd"),
+    any(
+        target_arch = "x86_64",
+        target_arch = "aarch64",
+        target_arch = "powerpc64"
+    )
+))]
+#[global_allocator]
+static GLOBAL: tikv_jemallocator::Jemalloc = tikv_jemallocator::Jemalloc;
diff --git a/crates/pixi_build_frontend/Cargo.toml b/crates/pixi_build_frontend/Cargo.toml
index 5cddf7c39..e21f2d3de 100644
--- a/crates/pixi_build_frontend/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/pixi_build_frontend/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ fs-err = { workspace = true, features = ["tokio"] }
 futures = { workspace = true }
 itertools = { workspace = true }
 jsonrpsee = { workspace = true, features = ["client"] }
-miette = { workspace = true, features = ["fancy", "serde"] }
+miette = { workspace = true, features = ["fancy-no-backtrace", "serde"] }
 pixi_build_type_conversions = { workspace = true }
 pixi_build_types = { path = "../pixi_build_types" }
 pixi_config = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index e91690239..94aeea7b6 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+// This forces the crate to be compiled even though the crate is not used in the project.
+// https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/64402
+#[cfg(feature = "pixi_allocator")]
+extern crate pixi_allocator;
+
 pub fn main() -> miette::Result<()> {
     let runtime = tokio::runtime::Builder::new_current_thread()
         .enable_all()