diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 47def7927..860cdd387 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1415,6 +1415,23 @@ elseif(GNU)
     target_compile_definitions(libfastfetch PUBLIC PATH_MAX=4096)
 endif()
 
+if(WIN32)
+    check_function_exists(_msize HAVE_MSVC_MSIZE)
+    if(HAVE_MSVC_MSIZE)
+        target_compile_definitions(libfastfetch PUBLIC FF_HAVE_MSVC_MSIZE=1)
+    endif()
+else()
+    check_function_exists(malloc_usable_size HAVE_MALLOC_USABLE_SIZE)
+    if(HAVE_MALLOC_USABLE_SIZE)
+        target_compile_definitions(libfastfetch PUBLIC FF_HAVE_MALLOC_USABLE_SIZE=1)
+    else()
+        check_function_exists(malloc_size HAVE_MALLOC_SIZE)
+        if(HAVE_MALLOC_SIZE)
+            target_compile_definitions(libfastfetch PUBLIC FF_HAVE_MALLOC_SIZE=1)
+        endif()
+    endif()
+endif()
+
 if(FreeBSD OR OpenBSD OR NetBSD)
     include(CheckStructHasMember)
     set(CMAKE_REQUIRED_DEFINITIONS "-D_IFI_OQDROPS=1")
diff --git a/src/util/FFstrbuf.c b/src/util/FFstrbuf.c
index d66245520..aae3f1710 100644
--- a/src/util/FFstrbuf.c
+++ b/src/util/FFstrbuf.c
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #include "FFstrbuf.h"
+#include "util/mallocHelper.h"
 
 #include <ctype.h>
 #include <inttypes.h>
@@ -21,11 +22,27 @@ void ffStrbufInitVF(FFstrbuf* strbuf, const char* format, va_list arguments)
 {
     assert(format != NULL);
 
-    int len = vasprintf(&strbuf->chars, format, arguments);
+    char* buffer = NULL;
+    int len = vasprintf(&buffer, format, arguments);
     assert(len >= 0);
 
-    strbuf->allocated = (uint32_t)(len + 1);
-    strbuf->length = (uint32_t)len;
+    ffStrbufInitMoveNS(strbuf, (uint32_t)len, buffer);
+}
+
+// Takes ownership of `heapStr`. The caller must not free `heapStr` after calling this
+// function; the memory will be managed and freed via the associated FFstrbuf.
+void ffStrbufInitMoveNS(FFstrbuf* strbuf, uint32_t length, char* heapStr)
+{
+    assert(heapStr != NULL);
+
+    strbuf->length = length;
+    size_t allocSize = ffMallocUsableSize(heapStr);
+    if (allocSize == 0)
+        allocSize = length + 1;
+    else if (allocSize > UINT32_MAX)
+        allocSize = UINT32_MAX;
+    strbuf->allocated = (uint32_t) allocSize;
+    strbuf->chars = heapStr;
 }
 
 void ffStrbufEnsureFree(FFstrbuf* strbuf, uint32_t free)
diff --git a/src/util/FFstrbuf.h b/src/util/FFstrbuf.h
index 07fa98c61..a4bfcde4c 100644
--- a/src/util/FFstrbuf.h
+++ b/src/util/FFstrbuf.h
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ typedef struct FFstrbuf
 static inline void ffStrbufInit(FFstrbuf* strbuf);
 void ffStrbufInitA(FFstrbuf* strbuf, uint32_t allocate);
 void ffStrbufInitVF(FFstrbuf* strbuf, const char* format, va_list arguments);
+void ffStrbufInitMoveNS(FFstrbuf* strbuf, uint32_t length, char* heapStr);
 
 void ffStrbufEnsureFree(FFstrbuf* strbuf, uint32_t free);
 void ffStrbufEnsureFixedLengthFree(FFstrbuf* strbuf, uint32_t free);
@@ -212,6 +213,11 @@ FF_C_NODISCARD static inline FFstrbuf ffStrbufCreateF(const char* format, ...)
     return strbuf;
 }
 
+static inline void ffStrbufInitMoveS(FFstrbuf* strbuf, char* heapStr)
+{
+    ffStrbufInitMoveNS(strbuf, (uint32_t) strlen(heapStr), heapStr);
+}
+
 static inline void ffStrbufDestroy(FFstrbuf* strbuf)
 {
     extern char* CHAR_NULL_PTR;
diff --git a/src/util/mallocHelper.h b/src/util/mallocHelper.h
index 8e314841e..eaea5f3da 100644
--- a/src/util/mallocHelper.h
+++ b/src/util/mallocHelper.h
@@ -3,6 +3,12 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <assert.h>
 
+#if FF_HAVE_MALLOC_USABLE_SIZE || FF_HAVE_MSVC_MSIZE
+    #include <malloc.h>
+#elif FF_HAVE_MALLOC_SIZE
+    #include <malloc/malloc.h>
+#endif
+
 static inline void ffWrapFree(const void* pPtr)
 {
     assert(pPtr);
@@ -11,3 +17,18 @@ static inline void ffWrapFree(const void* pPtr)
 }
 
 #define FF_AUTO_FREE __attribute__((__cleanup__(ffWrapFree)))
+
+// ptr MUST be a malloc'ed pointer
+static inline size_t ffMallocUsableSize(const void* ptr)
+{
+    assert(ptr);
+    #if FF_HAVE_MALLOC_USABLE_SIZE
+        return malloc_usable_size((void*) ptr);
+    #elif FF_HAVE_MALLOC_SIZE
+        return malloc_size((void*) ptr);
+    #elif FF_HAVE_MSVC_MSIZE
+        return _msize((void*) ptr);
+    #else
+        return 0; // Not supported
+    #endif
+}
diff --git a/tests/strbuf.c b/tests/strbuf.c
index 496ef4b09..466fb9297 100644
--- a/tests/strbuf.c
+++ b/tests/strbuf.c
@@ -229,9 +229,18 @@ int main(void)
 
     ffStrbufDestroy(&strbuf);
 
+    //initMoveS
+    {
+        char* heapStr = strdup("1234567890");
+        ffStrbufInitMoveS(&strbuf, heapStr);
+        VERIFY(ffStrbufEqualS(&strbuf, "1234567890"));
+        VERIFY(strbuf.allocated >= 11);
+        ffStrbufDestroy(&strbuf);
+    }
+
     //initF
     ffStrbufInitF(&strbuf, "%s", "1234567890123456789012345678901");
-    VERIFY(strbuf.allocated == 32);
+    VERIFY(strbuf.allocated >= 32);
     VERIFY(ffStrbufEqualS(&strbuf, "1234567890123456789012345678901"));
 
     //containC