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What is the best code-snippets manager?

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25 Options Considered

Best code-snippets manager	Price	Platforms	License
89 Lepton	FREE	macOS/Win/Linux	MIT
71 SnippetsLab	$9.99	macOS	-
-- Boostnote	-	Windows/MacOS/Linux/Andoid/iOS	GPL v3
-- Quiver	$9.99	macOS	Proprietary
-- GitLab Snippets	Free	-	-

Lepton

Top Pro

Open source

Lepton is free and open source and is released under the MIT license. See More

Top Con

Built on top of Electron

Electron is a memory hog. See More

Nitin Satish's Experience

I used to use Gistbox. Since gistbox has become a paid service called Casher I stopped using it. I tried Gisto also which I did not like much. I am loving Lepton. See More

Specs

Platforms:macOS/Win/Linux

Sync:GitHub Gist / GitHub Enterprise Gist

Export:Gist link/Text

Top Pro

GitHub gist integration

Use GitHub Gist for cross-platform sync. See More

Top Con

Only works with GitHub Gists

As a GitHub Gist client that's not a con (or a problem), but as a snippets manager it is. See More

Top Pro

Support for Linux

Provides package in AppImage format which is distribution independent. See More

Top Pro

Supports markdown

Top Pro

Language sensitive syntax highlighting

Top Pro

Multi platform support

Supports MacOS, Linux and Windows. See More

Top Pro

Support for GitHub Enterprise

Top Pro

Supports Jupyter Notebook viewer

SnippetsLab

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Top Pro

Supports Markdown

Top Con

Lacking support for other platforms

Bhishan's Experience

I like the simplistic yet beautiful theme of the SnippetLab and easy integration with Github gists. Also, there is an Alfred workflow to facilitate the workflow usage. See More

Specs

Platforms:macOS

Top Pro

Sync snippets through Dropbox

Sync through iCloud. See More

Top Con

Bad gist import

Gist import data isn't adaptable. So the imported snippets could get named very ugly. See More

ToughThoon's Experience

Wonderful application! See More

Top Pro

Alfred Integration

Makes for extremely fast pasting of code snippets and SQL queries. See More

Top Con

No gist batch support

JoyousAhti's Experience

This product has a minimalistic, simple design that isn't distracting. The Menu bar icon his helpful, and you can easily find the snippet you are looking for. Smart Organizations is useful, too. It's fast, doesn't take up too much memory. Markdown support is amazing, and the Cloud sync works well. It also supports almost any language you can think of, so language support is never a problem. Could support more platforms, but as long as you have Mac this is the best Snippet Manager. See More

Top Pro

Great Language Support

Supports almost every language that you can think of. See More

Top Con

No support for placeholders in snippets

Top Con

Can not sync Snippets across different machines

You can do this now. See More

Boostnote

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Top Pro

Great for developers

Boostnote is great for developers looking to take programming notes with code snippets and such. See More

Top Con

Some of the features are not consistent

SensibleMokoi's Experience

nice one See More

Specs

Platforms:Windows/MacOS/Linux/Andoid/iOS

Export:Yes - Text (.txt), MarkDown (.md)

Top Pro

Free

Top Con

Electron

LovelyAnubis's Experience

There are people who still use 32 bit and they claim it works everywhere. See More

Top Pro

Cross platform support

Supports Windows, macOS and Linux. See More

Top Con

No Git Support

It would be useful to have Snippets in any git repository See More

Top Pro

Open source

https://github.com/BoostIO/Boostnote See More

Top Con

Android app does not support Google Drive (only Dropbox)

Top Pro

It’s easy to sync via Dropbox, GoogleDrive or any file-based cloud services

Top Pro

Works offline

Boostnote doesn't require an internet connection to work. You can write notes offline and sync later. See More

Top Pro

Markdown support

Top Pro

Supports code snippets and syntax highlighting

Boostnote has the ability to store code snippets and comes with syntax highlighting out of the box, supporting many languages. See More

Top Pro

Global search, tag feature

Top Pro

Comes with many themes

Boostnote comes with many themes out of the box, most of which are popular themes and color schemes for code editors: e.g. 3024, base16, solarized, tomorrow. See More

Quiver

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Top Pro

Supports Markdown

You can write Markdown syntax snd see the result in a preview window as you type. See More

Top Con

No placeholder support in snippet code

Specs

Platforms:macOS

License:Proprietary

Sync:Dropbox, iCloud, Drive

Export:Text, Markdown, LaTeX

Top Pro

Free trial available

There is a free trial available without actually limiting functionalities. The free trial doesn't actually expire, there is just a free trial ribbon added to the preview window, which is not that annoying. See More

Top Con

While the storage format is open and well-documented, the official app is available only on OSX

Top Pro

Library can be moved to Cloud

The library can be moved to any Cloud storage which keeps the data synced across multiple devices and prevents any data loss. See More

Top Con

Much more than a simple Markdown editor

Since it's more like a note-taking app (and a note-taking app built for developers) than a Markdown editor, it may be a little excessive to use it only for its Markdown editing features. See More

Top Pro

Theme support

Supports customizable UI themes. See More

Top Con

The line in focus shows a border around it which is distracting

The line in focus in the editor shows a rounded rectangular border around it, which is unappealing and distracting. See More

Top Pro

Self-hosted

Top Con

No iOS apps for editing, only a viewer available

It does not let you edit and create quiver notes on iOS devices. See More

Top Pro

Supports code highlighting

Has syntax highlighting for more than 120 programming languages. See More

Top Pro

Has more features than just a simple Markdown editor

Quiver is a notebook and note-taking app akin to Evernote which happens to also be able to edit Markdown files. As such, it has a lot of useful features such as: image support, file attachments, web content support and more. See More

Gisto

KnowledgeableBellona's Experience

too slow See More

Specs

Platforms:MacOs/Windows/Linux/Web

Export:file/zip

Auto update:yes

{CodeStore}

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Multiple languages

{CodeStore} is available in English and German. See More

Top Con

No export

No export supported. See More

Specs

Platforms:Web, Windows, Linux, Mac

Sync:{CodeStore} cloud (proprietary)

Price:Free / €10 p.a.

Top Pro

Multiple platforms

Runs on Windows, Linux and Mac and also brings a web client. See More

Top Con

€10 per year for unrestricted use

For unrestricted use of all features, an account is required that costs €10 per year. See More

Top Pro

Free to use

{CodeStore} is free to download. See More

Top Con

Java required

Requires a Java installation to run. See More

Top Pro

Share with users

Supports sharing snippets with other users or setting a snippet as "public" to make it visible on the website for all developers in the world. See More

Top Pro

Cloud synchronization

Automatic synchronization with the {CodeStore} cloud. No iCloud or Dropbox required. See More

Top Pro

Syntax highlighting

Syntax highlighting for over 25 programming languages. See More

Dash

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Top Pro

Integrates well with a good selection of apps

Dash provides very useful integration with apps that are very fitting with using Dash's features. See More

Top Con

Forced wait time to view docs

If you use the free version you are very often forced to wait 10 seconds to view something you've chosen to look at. If you change apps or lose focus of Dash, it'll start that 10 second timer over again. See More

ProfessionalDedun's Experience

Windows and Mac compatible. Mostly for docsets but does support snippets. See More

Top Pro

Can create docsets easily

It's easy to create new docsets in Dash. They also provide plenty of guides and information on how to do so. See More

ResponsibleTemazcalteci's Experience

easy to use your snippet code in xcode See More

Top Pro

Great utility app to use for snippets

Snippet apps come in various forms, such as basic snippet (text) containers and added features with text / keyboard utilities to name a couple. Dash not only includes this feature, but takes it a bit further than most by adding unique ways to further customize this practice to your own preference. See More

Top Pro

Great and fast documentation lookup in Sublime Text

Dash has a handy plugin for Sublime Text — pressing CTRL+H will bring the user straight to the docs for that object. See More

CodeBox

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Top Con

Abandoned

The last update was in 2012. See More

Simple Snippets

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Top Pro

Set of snippets

There are snippets created and shared by other people See More

Top Con

Help page

Help page is still under construction. See More

AdaptablePinikir's Experience

I use it couple of months. It's simple to use and it doesn't have a lot of ads. I've tried several other tools including Github Gist, Evernote, but they didn't work for me. See More

Top Pro

Web-based

All your snippets are available at work, at home or on your mobile device. See More

Top Con

No search yet

Search feature is not available at the moment. So you cannot find snippets by keywords. See More

Top Pro

Private pages

All your code is private by default, but you can share specific snippets with others if you want. Some other sites allow private pages only for extra payment. See More

Top Pro

Code highlighting

It supports highlighting for dozens of languages, even less known ones. See More

Top Pro

Free

It's absolutely free at the moment. See More

canSnippet

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ClassyNinimma's Experience

canSnippet is really powerful and easy to use thanks to the different OS-wide keyboard shortcuts that allow you to add, search and insert a snippet. The app is running on the background and always accessible. See More

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