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But Obsidian is Electron, right? Not a native app?

• smarx007 3y ago
  It is indeed Electron, but it has a much better linking story (don't even mention plugins [1]). Evernote being a native app was the last thing the held me as a paid customer with them. Also, the move to Electron was quite bumpy, they simply dropped half the features and it didn't recover until well over a year into the migration. [1]: https://blacksmithgu.github.io/obsidian-dataview/ https://blacksmithgu.github.io/obsidian-dataview/
• coffeeling 3y ago
  Yes, but comparatively lightweight for being one. The devs don't use large frameworks like React and write pretty barebones JS. It shows.
• mesoman 3y ago
  What's the beef with Electron?
  • coffeeling 3y ago
    Usually high resource use - more RAM use, using the processor more while idling, etc. and usually poorer integration into the OS in terms of look and feel and in terms of actual integrations. eg. native Outlook - ~200-250MB RAM use, same email open in Outlook Online-based New Outlook/Project Monarch: 400MB, and Monarch isn't even Electron but a supposedly lighter architecture. Microsoft To Do (UWP): ~100MB Todoist (Electron): 300MB The RAM usage adds up, especially on older hardware.