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Add to SafariWhen comparing Boostnote vs 3Cols, the Slant community recommends Boostnote for most people. In the question“What is the best code-snippets manager?” Boostnote is ranked 2nd while 3Cols is ranked 12th. The most important reason people chose Boostnote is:
Supports Windows, macOS and Linux.
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Question Ranking
Pros
Pro Cross platform support
Supports Windows, macOS and Linux.
Pro Markdown support
Pro Free
Pro Open source
See here.
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 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 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.
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.
