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What makes BeeRef unique compared to PureRef? What features does it offer that PureRef doesn't?
by dfrankle 4y ago
What makes BeeRef unique compared to PureRef? What features does it offer that PureRef doesn't?
- gorb314 4y agoNot a feature, but an advantage: From what I can tell (I have only used PureRef so far) is that BeeRef has a open file format. For someone with their own image tagging system, it is hard for me to export an image query to PureRef. Having an open file format would make that easy.
- app4soft 4y ago> Not a feature, but an advantage: From what I can tell (I have only used PureRef so far) is that BeeRef has a open file format Guess I should add news here: someone reverse engineered PureRef's file format[0] just few weeks ago[1,2] [0] https://github.com/FyorUU/PureRef-format https://github.com/FyorUU/PureRef-format [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31lsz3JNtCU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31lsz3JNtCU [2] https://www.pureref.com/forum/read.php?2,2912 https://www.pureref.com/forum/read.php?2,2912
- gorb314 4y agoI saw this post too; I didn't mention it here because it is not an officially documented file format structure. An open and documented format is almost always a better alternative, IMHO.
- app4soft 4y agoYes, I fully agree on this. Hope, maintainer of BeeRef fork would continue its development.[0] [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34983274#34983291 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34983274#34983291
- llanowarelves 4y agoGood question, I'm wondering the the other way around.
- app4soft 4y agoBeeRef offers you source code, so you would be able to modify and extend it with the knowledge of Python and PyQt6. PureRef offers you just a blob as is.