10000-markdown-files VS bangle-editor

> why did you decide to make Bangle's interface look like that of VS Code / Monaco[1]? At first I thought this was just VS Code running in the browser.

It is just a personal preference but I find VS code's UI, especially the command palettes (inspired by sublime?).

> By the way, I can't find the "install" button on app.bangle.io that is mentioned in the FAQ.

If you open the app in Chrome (or any chromium browser), you will see a sign to install the app as a PWA (progressive web app) next to the URL.

> On a different note, IMO using Electron for an app is not a bad choice per se. It's just that editors written in web technologies usually suck because they are so slow compared to, say, Vim/Emacs/Sublime

In my opinion going the Electron route is a lot of work for a single developer and you loose the portability of a web application.

> But to be honest CPU load is much more important to me

I think you will be delighted to see that Bangle is pretty performant. I would recommend opening a heavy app like 10000-markdown-files[0] to get a rough idea.

> what's the benefit of using Bangle over Marktext?

I haven't used Marktext, though it looks like a great project. I think the differentiating factor would be:

- Bangle.io is focused more on the overall note taking experience, like backlinks, workspaces, collaboration etc.

- I am planning to allow the ability to add extensions to add more functionality. Being a web app is really conducive for such things.

- It allows you to open multiple tabs, split screen.

[0]: https://github.com/Zettelkasten-Method/10000-markdown-files

I hope you give Bangle.io a shot, there are a bunch of things currently missing, but we will get there <3.

Since you're the author of Bangle.io and it seems the latter is based on bangle.dev[0] which in turn is based on ProseMirror(?), why did you decide to make Bangle's interface look like that of VS Code / Monaco[1]?

On a different note, IMO using Electron for an app is not a bad choice per se. It's just that editors written in web technologies usually suck because they are so slow compared to, say, Vim/Emacs/Sublime. Is ProseMirror really that much better (faster) than Monaco/VS Code? If not, what's the benefit of using Bangle over Marktext? (Sure, running Marktext/Electron will use up additional RAM compared to running Bangle in an existing browser. But to be honest CPU load is much more important to me.)

[0]: https://github.com/bangle-io/bangle.dev

[1]: https://github.com/Microsoft/monaco-editor , https://vscode.dev/

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> Tangentially, a cool thing would be to unite ProseMirror with Automerge. That’d enable some killer collaborative editors.

Prosemirror already has collaboration baked into it and I have a very rough initial version of it working (see https://github.com/bangle-io/bangle.dev/tree/master/collab). My question for you is what benefit will using Automerge provide over the inbuilt collaboration API?