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When comparing SnippetsLab vs 3Cols, the Slant community recommends SnippetsLab for most people. In the question“What is the best code-snippets manager?” SnippetsLab is ranked 2nd while 3Cols is ranked 11th.
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 100% Free
Funded instead from a Patreon.
Pro Easy to share snippets
You can either share with an account or an organisation, or if someone doesn't have an account yet, you can even just send them a link.
Pro Cloud based
Can be accessed anywhere on any device and installed via PWA.
Pro Export function
You can export all of your snippets in a .zip from the site.
Pro Easy to use
Pro Lots of different languages supported
There is syntax highlight support for over 25 different languages.
Pro Public snippet repository
While not always useful, it is interesting to look through the repository of snippets people have made public.
Pro API
Create your own custom software with 3Cols API and Nuget package.
Pro Fantastic editor
The editor is quick and easy to use.
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 May keep you out from logging in and accessing your snippets
Con No desktop version
Con Doesn't integrate with IDE
Con Super slow sometimes
You may not be able to login when you need to access your snippets.
