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Add to SafariWhen comparing Boostnote vs DECS, the Slant community recommends Boostnote for most people. In the question“What is the best code-snippets manager?” Boostnote is ranked 2nd while DECS is ranked 29th. The most important reason people chose Boostnote is:
Supports Windows, macOS and Linux.
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Pros
Pro Cross platform support
Supports Windows, macOS and Linux.
Pro Markdown support
Pro Free
Pro Open source
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Pro Great for developers
Boostnote is great for developers looking to take programming notes with code snippets and such.
Pro Supports code snippets and syntax highlighting
Boostnote has the ability to store code snippets and comes with syntax highlighting out of the box, supporting many languages.
Pro Works offline
Boostnote doesn't require an internet connection to work. You can write notes offline and sync later.
Pro Global search, tag feature
Pro Comes with many themes
Boostnote comes with many themes out of the box, most of which are popular themes and color schemes for code editors: e.g. 3024, base16, solarized, tomorrow.
Pro vim/emacs key bindings available
Boostnote supports vim/emacs key bindings. If you're a developer familiar with either of them, navigation should be easy to pick up.
Pro Decentralised - True ownership of data
You can host and version your encrypted snippets for FREE with DECS default storage hub or choose your choice of any cloud provider — AWS/Azure/GCP/Dropbox (coming soon).
Pro Modern interface
Say goodbye to scattered code snippets. DECS offers a beautiful, easy to use interface to capture, manage and search your reusable code snippets in one place.
Pro Code security for peace of mind
Sensitive data such as configurations, database credentials, API keys, tokens, and other seeds are safe from unauthorised access as the code is end-to-end encrypted. Not even DECS developers could see what’s in our workspace.
Pro Chrome Extension
Saves a lot of time and provides ease of managing code snippets.
Cons
Con Some of the features are not consistent
Con Must use third-party service for sync-ing (Dropbox, etc.)
Boostnote does not have sync-ing capabilities and relies on third-party services to fulfil notes storage. There are additional steps involved to set this up.
Con Can't work in "real" offline mode
Con Very poor syncing
Data loss may occur on syncing.
