[HN Gopher] BeeRef - a free opens-source simple reference image ...
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BeeRef - a free opens-source simple reference image viewer
Author : app4soft
Score : 84 points
Date : 2023-03-01 15:16 UTC (7 hours ago)
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(TXT) w3m dump (beeref.org)
| zzzmarcus wrote:
| I've never used BeeRef or PureRef but if you're on the latest
| version of OS X and don't need cross platform compatibility,
| Apple's new app Freeform seems to overlap in functionality with
| Bee/PureRef quite a bit.
| app4soft wrote:
| _BeeRef_ is an alternative clone of proprietary _PureRef_.[0]
|
| Sadly, both PureRef and BeeRef actually are unmaintained.
|
| But for _BeeRef_ there is at least one active fork[1] that still
| is maintained.[2,3]
|
| [0] https://alternativeto.net/software/beeref/
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| [1] https://github.com/mini-ninja-64/beeref
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| [2]
| https://github.com/rbreu/beeref/issues/62#issuecomment-14476...
|
| [3]
| https://github.com/rbreu/beeref/issues/61#issuecomment-14490...
| vadansky wrote:
| I've been using PureRef for years now and it's pretty much
| done, so I'm not too worried it's not being maintained.
| kelsolaar wrote:
| PureRef receives an occasional update every now and then.
| app4soft wrote:
| Really? There is nothing new in _Changelog_ [0] since
| _PureRef v1.11.1_ , released in 2020.
|
| [0] https://www.pureref.com/changelog.php?beta=1
| ccakes wrote:
| If there isn't a long list of valid feature requests,
| perhaps it's just finished.
| unshavedyak wrote:
| Quite awkward to install on NixOS though, given the way
| PureRef wants to be downloaded.
| rebuilder wrote:
| Here's a seemingly underserved niche - a cross-platform reference
| board that works on desktop as well as Android and iOS, and syncs
| your boards across devices.
| dugmartin wrote:
| If you want to remove the need for a image storage server (and
| the inevitable porn uploads) you could keep it local and just
| use the file system access api
| (https://developer.mozilla.org/en-
| US/docs/Web/API/File_System...). This does mean it can't sync
| but you do get a cross-platform app.
| tomcam wrote:
| Not a graphic artist--does reference board describe what BeeRef
| does?
| rebuilder wrote:
| Yes. Basically an infinite canvas to put images (why not
| videos as well) on.
| klohto wrote:
| beta.tldraw.com :)
| speedgoose wrote:
| Something like Miro?
| app4soft wrote:
| _Miro_ app is something like _OpenBoard_ [0] (which forked
| from Open-Sankore 2.0, which was itself based on Uniboard)
| white board app.[1]
|
| [0] https://github.com/OpenBoard-org/OpenBoard
|
| [1] https://www.tecmint.com/linux-whiteboard-applications/
| sitkack wrote:
| Applications should arguably form a swarm over a PAN and use an
| OT/CRDT to be kept in sync with each other. The device boundary
| needs to disappear completely.
| hulitu wrote:
| > The device boundary needs to disappear completely.
|
| and so will your data, sooner or later. In the clouds /s
| sitkack wrote:
| No, it will exist in a replicated log on all devices. Just
| like git. No clouds required.
| dfrankle wrote:
| What makes BeeRef unique compared to PureRef? What features does
| it offer that PureRef doesn't?
| llanowarelves wrote:
| Good question, I'm wondering the the other way around.
| gorb314 wrote:
| 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. 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 wrote:
| > _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
|
| [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31lsz3JNtCU
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| [2] https://www.pureref.com/forum/read.php?2,2912
| gorb314 wrote:
| I 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 wrote:
| Yes, I fully agree on this.
|
| Hope, maintainer of _BeeRef_ fork would continue its
| development.[0]
|
| [0]
| https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34983274#34983291
| app4soft wrote:
| _BeeRef_ 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.
| jmaselbas wrote:
| I made another simple clone[1] of pureref mainly has an exercise
| to learn X11, however I don't really use it that often.
|
| [1] https://github.com/jmaselbas/sref
| sitkack wrote:
| Not for the same type of graphical work, but a great program for
| the analysis of scientific image data is ImageJ
| https://imagej.net/ij/docs/concepts.html
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