Snipvault is a self-hosted code snippet manager for developers whose reusable code is scattered across gists, Slack DMs, and notes apps. Cacher charges $6/mo — $216 over 3 years — for what Snipvault does for $19 once: full-content search, collections, tags, share links, and a real API, all in one SQLite file you own.

Search actually finds code by what's inside it: instant client-side fuzzy matching merged with SQLite FTS5 full-content search, with content matches clearly labeled. Share anything with three visibility levels — private, secret (unlisted 12-char link), or public.

• Syntax highlighting for 100+ languages via highlight.js — server-rendered on share pages

• Multiple files per snippet, language auto-detected

• Collections and tag chips to organize the pile

• Fuzzy + FTS5 full-content search

• Raw endpoint for curl-pipeable scripts: curl -s host/raw/abc/deploy.sh | bash

• Gist-style JS embeds plus an iframe-able embed page

• GitHub Gist importer — idempotent, re-import updates instead of duplicating

• Static bearer-token API for CLI and scripts

Runs as a Windows desktop app or on a $5 VPS (Docker included).

What's included:

• Windows installer download (build via npm run dist)

• Full source access — https://github.com/bensblueprints/snipvault (MIT)

• Lifetime v1 updates

• Setup guide (README quick start)

• Premium tiers coming later