When comparing GitLab Snippets vs SnipAway, the Slant community recommends GitLab Snippets for most people. In the question“What is the best code-snippets manager?” GitLab Snippets is ranked 4th while SnipAway is ranked 17th.
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Pros
Pro Self hostable
Pro Libre/open source
Included in GitLab CE (community edition)
Pro ZIP import / export
SnipAway saves all your snippet files locally. To create a backup of your snippets or to use them on other computers SnipAway allows you to export your snippets as a zip file and import them again. Same goes for all application settings.
Pro Advanced code editor
Has a very advanced internal editor which you can also customize to match your style.
Pro Global shortcuts
Using global shortcuts you can access features like quick create and quick search directly without opening up SnipAway again.
Pro Supports markdown
Pro Highly customizable
You can change a lot of settings to make SnipAway fit your personal preferences.
Pro Web snippet
Allowing to save any website or file on the web.
Pro Save snippets to network storage
Can save the snippets to a NAS or something else. Multiple access to the snippets. But the last change is saved.
Pro Great for Storing Websites you often use
Pro Support for Windows & macOS
Cons
Con Bad support for searching for snippets
Con No Versioning
Con No Tagging
Con No tree / category: all Snippets are in the project root
Con Poor Language Syntax Highlighting
Con No subfolders
Stores the snippet in only one folder.
Con No TAGS
Folders can't replace tags, and tags are the most used way to categories snippets.
For now tags must go in the title (making the "Add Snippet" operation very time consuming).
Con Only for Windows
Update 2019: Now there is a macOS version.