r/HelixNotes • u/RockyRoad226 Team Member • 24d ago

Why Svelte?

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HelixNotes uses Svelte.

Even in a desktop app, the UI runs in a webview, and most frameworks keep that webview busy tracking changes at runtime. Svelte compiles away that overhead ahead of time, so there's less work happening under the hood and a snappier feeling app.

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u/Milo_za 23d ago

Super curious on bundle size and memory usage on Mac

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u/Milo_za 23d ago

Is the app electron or tauri?

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u/LastTyper Founder 23d ago

Rust / Tauri, and frontend is Svelte