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31 lines
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SilverBullet currently supports two modes for its client:
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1. _Online mode_ (the default): keeps all content on the server
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2. _Synced mode_ (offline capable): syncs all content to the client
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You can toggle between these two modes by clicking the 🔄 button in the top bar.
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You can switch modes anytime, so try them both to decide what works best for you.
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## Online mode
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In online mode, all content in your space is kept on the server, and a lot of the heavy lifting (such as indexing of pages) happens on the server.
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Advantages:
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* **Keeps content on the server**: this mode does not synchronize all your content to your client (browser), making this a better fit for large spaces.
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* **Lighter-weight** in terms of memory and CPU use of the client
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Disadvantages:
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* **Requires a working network connection** to the server.
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* **Higher latency**, since more interactions require calls to the server, this may be notable e.g., when completing page names.
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## Synced mode
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In this mode, all content is synchronized to the client, and all processing happens there. The server effectively acts as a “dumb data store.” All SilverBullet functionality is available even when there is no network connection available.
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Advantages:
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* **100% offline capable**: disconnect your client from the network, shutdown the server, and everything still works. Changes synchronize automatically once a network connection is re-established.
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* **Lower latency**: all actions are performed locally in the client, which in most cases will be faster
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Disadvantages:
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* **Synchronizes all content onto your client**: using disk space and an initially large bulk of network traffic to download everything.
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