snipster-app 0.1.6

A lightweight code snippet management system with CLI, API, and web interface

Snipster

A lightweight, developer-friendly code snippet management system

Snipster helps developers organize, search, and manage code snippets efficiently through both a CLI and API interface. Built with FastAPI, SQLModel, and Typer.

Features

✨ Multiple Interfaces

• 🖥️ Command-line interface (CLI) for quick snippet management
• 🌐 REST API for integration with other tools
• 📊 Streamlit web interface for visual browsing

🔍 Powerful Search

• Full-text search across titles, code, descriptions, and tags
• Filter by programming language
• Toggle favorites for quick access

📝 Rich Metadata

• Support for Python, JavaScript, and TypeScript
• Tagging system for organization
• Automatic timestamps for creation and updates
• Favorite snippets for quick retrieval

uv installation link

Don't have uv? Install it with: curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh
Learn more at https://github.com/astral-sh/uv

Installation

Using pip (recommended for most users)

pip install snipster-app

Using uv (faster alternative)

uv pip install snipster-app

From source

git clone https://github.com/sl2902/snipster.git
cd snipster
uv venv --python 3.13
uv pip install -e .

Quick Start

CLI Usage

# Add a snippet
snipster add --title "Quick Sort" --code "def quicksort(arr): ..." --language Python --tags "algorithm,sorting"

# List all snippets
snipster list

# Search snippets
snipster search --term "sort" --language Python

# Get specific snippet
snipster get --snippet-id 1

# Toggle favorite
snipster favourite --snippet-id 1

# Delete snippet
snipster delete --snippet-id 1

Python API

from snipster import Language, Snippet

# Create a snippet
snippet = Snippet(
    title="Hello World",
    code="print('Hello, World!')",
    language=Language.PYTHON,
    tags="beginner,tutorial"
)

REST API

Start the API server:

# The API runs as a separate service
uvicorn snipster.api.main:app --reload

Endpoints available at http://localhost:8000/docs

Run app locally

uv run snipster-web

Requirements

• Python 3.13+
• uv (Recommended) or pip package manager
• SQLite (included)

Use Cases

• 💼 Interview Prep - Store commonly used algorithms and patterns
• 🎓 Learning - Organize code examples from tutorials
• 🔧 Daily Development - Quick access to utility functions and snippets
• 📚 Team Knowledge Base - Share snippets via API

Documentation

Full documentation available at: GitHub

License

MIT License

Author

Sun - GitHub