When comparing SnipAway vs massCode, the Slant community recommends massCode for most people. In the question“What is the best code-snippets manager?” massCode is ranked 7th while SnipAway is ranked 17th. The most important reason people chose massCode is:
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Specs
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Pros
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
Pro Free
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Pro Available for Linux, Windows and MacOS
Pro Simple, clean interface
Pro Multiple languages for the same snippet
A single code snippet can have multiple "fragments" of code written in different languages.
Pro Tags
Snippets can be sorted and organized using tags.
Pro VSCode Integration
There's a Visual Studio Code extension that lets you search and insert massCode snippets.
Pro Open Source
The entire code base is available on GitHub.
Pro Prettify
Uses Prettify for code formatting.
Cons
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.
Con No cloud syncing
While you can set the data to be saved on a cloud drive, you can't have another instance of the program using that same folder.
Con Electron is a memory hog
This app is built with NodeJS and uses the Electron, VueJS, and ACE packages.