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Add to SafariWhen comparing Code Collector Pro vs 3Cols, the Slant community recommends 3Cols for most people. In the question“What is the best code-snippets manager?” 3Cols is ranked 12th while Code Collector Pro is ranked 33rd. The most important reason people chose 3Cols is:
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Pros
Pro Smart folders, with robust rules based search
Pro Organize snippets, by License, Language, and tag.
Pro Snippet tagging
Pro Code Highlighting
Pro Hot Key Quick Search, no matter which application you have open in the foreground bring up the Hot Key Quick Search to paste in your favorite snippet
Pro Support for multiple languages (Objective-C, PHP, Ruby, C, and many more can be added)
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 Only syncs to CodeCollector.net
Con Not enough languages out of the box
Although languages can be added with tmbundle, there could have been more languages out of the box for more convenience.
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.
