# Why should I use babylon.js GUI

**URL:** <https://forum.babylonjs.com/t/why-should-i-use-babylon-js-gui/7431>\
**Category:** Questions\
**Created:** [December 7, 2019, 7:03pm UTC](https://forum.babylonjs.com/t/why-should-i-use-babylon-js-gui/7431 "2019-12-07T19:03:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![pietrko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c6cbf5/32.png) [@pietrko](https://forum.babylonjs.com/u/pietrko)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2019, 7:03pm UTC](https://forum.babylonjs.com/t/why-should-i-use-babylon-js-gui/7431/1 "2019-12-07T19:03:10Z")

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Hello, new guy on the block here.

What is the advantage of using babylon GUI vs simple html based overlay?

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**Author:** ![JohnK](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex024/user_avatar/forum.babylonjs.com/johnk/32/26764_2.png) [@JohnK](https://forum.babylonjs.com/u/JohnK)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2019, 11:38pm UTC](https://forum.babylonjs.com/t/why-should-i-use-babylon-js-gui/7431/2 "2019-12-07T23:38:21Z")

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This may be of help [HTML/DOM GUI instead of BABYLON.GUI](https://forum.babylonjs.com/t/html-dom-gui-instead-of-babylon-gui/1974/3)