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[–] i_kick_puppies@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Pulsar looked really nice until I realised it's just another electron app. But will probably give lite-xl a try

[–] Daeraxa@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It absolutely isn't "another electron app" in that sense. Atom (and now Pulsar) literally invented Electron, it is the original Electron app to the point where even thinking about de-coupling it isn't really possible. Electron literally used to be called "Atom-shell".

[–] greedytacothief@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Woah! Atom-shell = electron. I'm dumb and the connection was just made.

[–] neo@lemmy.comfysnug.space 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

pretty sure pulsar is a fork of atom, one of the og electron packages

[–] Daeraxa@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

It is indeed, we picked up where Atom left off. And yeah, not just "one of" but the og electron app.