Bento
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How HN took it
47 positive, 42 neutral or asking, 9 mixed, 15 critical, out of 113 comments about the project. Thread score +0.33.
Idea: 24 for, 1 againstExecution: 4 for, 5 againstDesign: 0 for, 3 againstPerformance: 0 for, 2 againstPricing: 2 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Single-file offline approach and no lock-in
From 2 comments
This is awesome! I do love this software is one file thing. A breath of fresh air on these you-rent-everything-owns-nothing days
luanmuniz on HNUm, that's amazing... and it's free?
fragmede on HN
Useful niche for corporate teams tired of off-the-shelf software
From 1 comment
Hey just wanted to say I think this fills an extremely common niche in the corporate world. There are a couple of teams at my company who switched to some variant of fancy…
georgeburdell on HN
Objections
Privacy concern: a cloudflareinsights beacon was found despite the 'nothing phones home' claim
From 1 comment
What an ambitious and impressive project! I'm going to try it. One note: The home page says "Nothing phones home," but the Bento files I've examined include a…
aag on HN
Animations are choppy in Firefox
From 1 comment
This might just be a Firefox thing but the animations are really struggling on my system here - very slow and choppy.
jmuguy on HN
Name clashes with BentoPDF and Bento database
From 2 comments
Looks very good and I'm excited to try it out properly. It's a shame about the name considering a lot of self-hosters will be using BentoPDF. But thats one of two hard things in…
syhol on HNGreat project. But please check the name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bento_(database)
hilti on HN
Requests
Accessibility features
From 1 comment
Nice work! But...I added an image to see what options it gave me. There was no way to add alt text, which leads me to believe that accessibility was not a priority. Unless…
jimmar on HN
Start in view mode with an edit button
From 1 comment
This is very neat! For people clicking on a link to some slides that someone shared, it seems like starting out in viewing mode with a prominent edit button might be better than…
skybrian on HN
Questions
How is RAM and CPU handled in one HTML file
From 1 comment
I wonder how you manage the RAM and CPU consumption if all just in one html file?
luzgool on HN
How much of the project is AI generated and how long did it take
From 1 comment
Great job! How long did this project take total? How much percent is AI generated?
truetraveller on HN
Alternatives named
Slidev
From 1 comment
Love it. Like some others here, I've been making html presentations with code-agents and they come out really nice. Other alternatives for that suit different purposes are these:…
d4rkp4ttern on HN
Typst slides
From 1 comment
Love it. Like some others here, I've been making html presentations with code-agents and they come out really nice. Other alternatives for that suit different purposes are these:…
d4rkp4ttern on HN
TiddlyWiki
From 1 comment
Thanks for sharing this! Let me take a look. I was only aware of TiddlyWiki when I first started on Bento.
starfallg on HN
Glider app
From 1 comment
I recently made a very similar tool but focused on making small React apps instead of presentations. A basic starter html file with an example app:…
Willamin on HN