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Add to SafariWhen comparing SnippetsLab vs {CodeStore}, the Slant community recommends SnippetsLab for most people. In the question“What is the best code-snippets manager?” SnippetsLab is ranked 3rd while {CodeStore} is ranked 9th.
Specs
Question Ranking
Pros
Pro Supports Markdown
Pro Simple and good UI
Nothing extra fancy, does what it needs to do
Pro Sync snippets through Dropbox
Sync through iCloud.
Pro Alfred Integration
Makes for extremely fast pasting of code snippets and SQL queries.
Pro Great Language Support
Supports almost every language that you can think of.
Pro Fragments support
The ability to add sub-snippets within an entry is something I did not realize that could be so useful. Many other similar products lack this feature.
Pro Compact UI
Nice UI options that let you hide certain things, go compact, hide notes and tags etc.
Pro Option to add your own Markdown stylesheet.
Pro A lot of customization options, the menubar assistant is amazing
Easy to customize many things such as how editing, search, and the menubar app works. New theme customizations.
Pro Multiple languages
{CodeStore} is available in English and German.
Pro Multiple platforms
Runs on Windows, Linux and Mac and also brings a web client.
Pro Free to use
{CodeStore} is free to download.
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.
Pro Cloud synchronization
Automatic synchronization with the {CodeStore} cloud. No iCloud or Dropbox required.
Pro Syntax highlighting
Syntax highlighting for over 25 programming languages.
Cons
Con Lacking support for other platforms
Con No iOs version available
Con Closed source
Con No support for placeholders in snippets
Con No gist batch support
Con You cannot create Tag Groups
Tag Groups enhance usability once a lot of tags have been collected
Con Bad gist import
Gist import data isn't adaptable. So the imported snippets could get named very ugly.
Con No export
No export supported.
Con €10 per year for unrestricted use
For unrestricted use of all features, an account is required that costs €10 per year.
Con Java required
Requires a Java installation to run.
