It’s a Mac app that allows to bring together, edit, and share code snippets. Working with over 350 languages, there’s virtually no chance SnippetsLab fails to manage your code. The app embraces two different shapes — you can work in a full-screen editor, or deal with your snippets from the menu bar.
Here, you'll find some collections to get you started with Alfred's Snippets and Auto-Expansion feature.
Find out how to activate the auto-expansion feature, and take a look at tips to get the most out of snippet expansion.
A few of our favourite snippet collections
- SnippetsLab is a gorgeously designed code snippet manager app for Mac platform. It comes with a sleek and a beautiful interface for managing and organizing your code snippets. The only downside is that the app is only available on Mac. SnippetsLab app features an easy-to-use interface similar to Evernote for organizing code snippets.
- Dash is an API Documentation Browser and Code Snippet Manager. Dash instantly searches offline documentation sets for 200+ APIs, 100+ cheat sheets and more. You can even generate your own docsets or request docsets to be included.
- The fact that each snippet requires a full page load to view is a deal breaker for me, and the fact that sharing private Gists requires a link with no sort of browse-able repository is another nail in the coffin. #5 Best Local App: Snippets Lab. The fantastic interface, organisation and inclusion of an easy to use assistant make this a standout.
- Mac Symbols: Snippets for common Mac symbols like ⌘ and ⌥
- Funny Quotes: Some of our favourite humorous quotes
- ASCII Art: Silly ASCII art like (╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻ for your entertainment
- Currency Symbols: A handy set of international currency symbols
- Dynamic Content examples: See how you can add Dynamic content and Date Arithmetic snippets in these examples
- Emoji Pack by Joel Califa: Collection of over 1,300 emojis!
Why reinvent the wheel? And by extension, why keep re-typing or copy/pasting commonly used pieces of code over and over again?
Copying and pasting pieces of code into text files are disorganized and wastes your precious time. Instead, you can use code snippets to managers those code snippets you use on a regular basis. These applications let you save, organize, and call upon your code snippets whenever you need them – for practically all of the major programming languages.
These applications will make your development life so much easier. So peruse through the list, see which one(s) would fit your workflow.
jCodeCollector
jCodeCollector is a free cross-platform application that helps you manage your code snippets. It is written in Java.
Download Page: jCodeCollector →
Platform: Windows, Mac OS X, Linux
Features:
Platform: Windows, Mac OS X, Linux
Features:
- More than 25 languages supported
- Store, tag and comment your snippets
- Quickly find the code you need via search
Snippet Manager
Snippet Manager is a free utility for managing your code snippets in a variety of languages: VB, C++, C#, Java, SQL, ASP, PHP, HTML, even COBOL, Assembler, and Fortran.
Mac App Snippets
You can also use Snippet Manager to manage plain ASCII text data. With the developer-focused search tool, you can find the code you need by using regular expressions or simple search criteria: language, category, dependencies, keywords or the actual code that you are looking for. You can also publish your snippets online for your personal or company use, and password-protect them so only those you want can access them.
- Lightweight; no setup needed
- 37 languages are supported
- Search tool for developers
- Publish your snippets on the Internet and optionally password-protect your code
Snippely
Snippely is a free basic text and code organizational tool. By using it, you can save, organize and retrieve your snippets in one convenient location. Snippely is built on the Adobe AIR platform, so after installing the cross-platform AIR, you can use it on all modern operating systems.
Download Page: Snippely →
Platform: Adobe AIR (cross-platform)
Features: Mac zip app store.
Features: Mac zip app store.
- Snips will be syntax highlighted according to the language selected
- Snips are sortable so you can organize your snippet however you want
- No saving needed – everything is saved to a local database as you work
Code Bank
Code Bank is a free code snippet manager with support for a local database as well as a shared database. With the serverside application, you can share a code snippet library between multiple users. It has syntax highlighting for many languages and a simple revision history with a compare viewer for seeing side-by-side changes between two revisions. Code Bank is built on the Adobe AIR platform, so after installing the cross-platform AIR, you can use it on all modern operating systems.
Download Page: Code Bank →
Platform: Adobe AIR (cross-platform)
Features:
Platform: Adobe AIR (cross-platform)
Features:
- Syntax highlighting for multiple languages including C++, ActionScript, Flex, HTML, SQL, and more
- Simple revision history with a compare viewer so you can see the changes side-by-side between two revisions
Snippet Monkey
Snippet Monkey saves you countless hours by allowing you to create shortcuts for your snippets as well as phrases you frequently type. Create new snippets from the clipboard or via the easy-to-use snippet editor. As mentioned, besides code snippets Snippet Monkey supports plain text, images, date and time (your choice of format), nested snippets, and cursor location commands.
Snippet Monkey isn’t 100% free but rather shareware – should you choose to pay it’s only $12 though.
Mac App Store Snippets
Download Page: Snippet Monkey →
Platform: Mac OS X
Features:
Platform: Mac OS X
Features:
- Snippets can contain any combination of: text, images, date and time in a format of your choice, nested snippets, cursor location commands
- Only Typing accelerator with support for Sniplets
- Supports disabling on a per application basis
- Easily create a snippet from the contents of the clipboard
Best Mac App For Snippets
What Applications Do You Use?
Your turn: what desktop applications do you use for managing your code snippets? Which applications from this list? Feel free to share your favorites in the comments section below.