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Add to SafariWhen comparing Lepton vs {CodeStore}, the Slant community recommends Lepton for most people. In the question“What is the best code-snippets manager?” Lepton is ranked 1st while {CodeStore} is ranked 9th. The most important reason people chose Lepton is:
Supports MacOS, Linux and Windows.
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Question Ranking
Pros
Pro Multi platform support
Supports MacOS, Linux and Windows.
Pro Open source
Lepton is free and open source and is released under the MIT license.
Pro GitHub gist integration
Use GitHub Gist for cross-platform sync.
Pro Language sensitive syntax highlighting
Pro Support for Linux
Provides package in AppImage format which is distribution independent.
Pro Supports markdown
Pro Lepton refuses any donations in favor of Wikipedia
Pro Support for GitHub Enterprise
Pro Supports Jupyter Notebook viewer
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 Built on top of Electron
Electron is a memory hog.
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.
Con No integration with editors
There is no integration available with the editors.
Con No hierarchy for snippets
You cannot create hierarchies with folders or tags.
Con macOS version behave not like a mac application
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.
