Putting web apps outside of a browser is one of the best ideas ever. That's why Boop is built with javascript, with all of that webpage-on-desktop goodness.
First of all, let me apologize for the new account. I'm a long time lurker, but my account was stuck with my old Twitter handle, so I had to deactivate then re-sign in to update that.
Second, meet Boop! It's a super simple place for developers to perform simple operations on plain text. I started working on it when I realized I used to just look up "JSON Formatter", "remove slashes", or "base64 decode online"; then paste whatever I needed to read in whatever the first result was, not thinking about the security implications.
Boop is not really a code editor, and it's not really a notes app. It's more of a place to just read and transform text. It's a safe place of transit for you to experiment in.
It comes loaded with the scripts that I use the most, and you can very easily extend it with a super simple Javascript API. And best of all, it's free, and open source!
Thanks for looking at Boop, I hope you enjoy using it as much as I enjoyed building it. On to the next update!
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Amazing. No more terminal command for various encoding and can finally remove all those bookmarks for online formatters.
Great stuff!
@okatbest Why is there a contradiction on your site "Embedding Javascript code in a native shell is one of the least efficient ways to build an application and only a fool would want that." and after it "Embedding Javascript code in a native shell is one of the most efficient ways to build an application and only a fool wouldn't want that." ? (even so, a great product)
@jpnheartop Bit of a joke! There is a bit of tension in the macOS world between native developers and web-based (like Electron) applications. Since Boop is somewhere in the middle, I thought I'd poke fun at both sides.
@nikosef8ias Sorry about that, it's a native app so it cannot support Linux out of the box. There's been requests for Linux/Windows versions so stay on the lookout!
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@okatbest I think you could use gtk for the ui and have native apps for all 3 oses with little effort
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