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SnipVault is a snippet & prompt library that runs both as a web app and a native cross-platform desktop app (Windows, macOS, Linux). Save, organize, search, and syntax-highlight your code snippets and prompts, backed by a fast local SQLite database.

Built with Next.js 16 · React 19 · Tauri 2 · shadcn/ui · Tailwind CSS

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Documentation

Page	What's inside
Changelog	Major changes by release; links to the full CHANGELOG.md
Installation	Download and install the desktop app; run the web app
User Guide	Using the app — snippets, tags, search, themes
Syncing	Keep one library in sync across computers via a self-hosted server
Development Setup	Prerequisites and running the project locally
Building and Packaging	Building the web app and desktop installers
Architecture	How the dual web/desktop design works, project structure
Data Storage	Where data lives, the database schema
API and Commands	REST API routes and Tauri commands reference
Continuous Integration	GitHub Actions and self-hosted GitLab/Jenkins pipelines
Troubleshooting	Common issues and fixes
Contributing	Conventions for contributing changes

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What it does

• 📝 Create, edit, and delete snippets/prompts
• 🧩 Mark each entry as a prompt or a code snippet — token estimates show only for prompts (v2.3.0)
• 🎨 Syntax highlighting for 35 languages (via highlight.js), plus a Markdown preview for prompts (v2.13.0)
• 🧪 Prompt variables — {{placeholders}} you fill in when copying, with remembered values and live highlighting (v2.4.0, v2.15.0)
• 🏷️ Tag your snippets, with tag autocomplete, and a global tag manager to rename / merge / delete a tag everywhere (v2.15.0)
• 🔎 Search by title/description, tags, model, or all fields; filter by language, tag, model, kind, or favorites; sort by newest / most-used / recently-used / A–Z (v2.5.0)
• ⌨️ Command palette (Ctrl/⌘-K) and keyboard navigation to find, open, and copy without the mouse (v2.5.0, v2.12.0)
• 💾 Saved searches (views) — store a filter combo and re-apply it in one click (v2.10.0)
• 🕓 Prompt history & diff — every edit is versioned; preview, diff, and roll back (v2.7.0, v2.8.0)
• 🚀 "Run in…" launcher — copy a prompt and open it in ChatGPT / Claude / Gemini / AI Studio or your own target (v2.15.0)
• ⭐ Favorite / pin the prompts you use most so they float to the top
• 🤖 Model / target metadata — tag prompts with the model they're for, and filter by it
• 🔢 Token & character counts so a prompt fits your model's context window
• 📈 Usage tracking and an insights panel — see what you copy most, recently, or never (v2.9.0)
• 📋 One-click copy, duplicate, bulk multi-select actions, undo-after-delete, and a Trash you can restore from or empty (v2.9.0, v2.14.0, v2.4.0, v2.11.0)
• 🔁 Import / export — single prompts or the whole library (merges by id), drag-and-drop import (JSON / .md / .txt), and Markdown (.md) export (v2.4.0, v2.9.0, v2.12.0)
• 🗂️ Grid or list view, a hover preview, and a full-screen detail view for each prompt
• 📊 Library stats — total prompts, languages, and tags at a glance
• 🌗 Light / dark theme (follows your system by default) and accent themes (v2.10.0)
• ⚡ Fast local SQLite storage — no account, works fully offline
• 🔁 Optional two-way sync across your computers via a self-hosted server you control — incremental, offline-capable, with deletes that propagate (desktop, v2.2.0; see Syncing)
• 🗄️ Pick your database location on first launch, and whole-database backup & restore with opt-in backup-on-launch (desktop, v2.6.0)
• 🔐 Sync token stored in your OS credential store (Keychain / Credential Manager / Secret Service) (desktop, v2.6.0)
• 🔄 Built-in auto-update that installs new versions in place without touching your database (desktop)
• 🖥️ One codebase, two runtimes: a Next.js web server or a native Tauri desktop app

Two ways to run

SnipVault ships as a single frontend that adapts to where it runs:

• Web app — a Next.js server with REST API routes, storing data in ./data/snippets.db via better-sqlite3.
• Desktop app — a Tauri shell where the same UI calls Rust commands, storing data in your OS's local data directory via rusqlite.

See Architecture for how this dual-runtime design works.

Quick links

• Latest release & installers: https://github.com/FranciszekRyszka/Snippet-Vault/releases
• Changelog: https://github.com/FranciszekRyszka/Snippet-Vault/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md (or the Changelog page)
• Source: https://github.com/FranciszekRyszka/Snippet-Vault