SnipCity - Your Personal Code Snippet Companion

SnipCity is a cross-platform code snippet management system that lets you save, browse, and manage code snippets across VS Code and the web. With seamless GitHub authentication, rich snippet previews, tagging, copy-to-clipboard, and in-place editing, SnipCity makes organizing and reusing your most valuable code fragments effortless.

Web Version

Access your snippets from anywhere using the SnipCity web app: https://snipcity.vercel.app

Your snippets are synchronized across VS Code and the web, allowing you to:

• Access your snippets from any device
• Share snippets directly from the web
• Edit snippets on the go
• Preview snippets in a larger format
• Upvote/Downvote snippets
• Add comments to snippets
• Read comments on snippets

Features

• 🔄 Infinite scroll for easy browsing of your snippets
• 📋 Snippet details and editing in a dedicated panel
• 🔐 Smart authentication flow with GitHub
• 🔍 Search and filter snippets by tags or content
• 📋 Create and edit snippets directly from VS Code
• 📋 Copy snippets to clipboard with a single click
• 📋 Rich preview of code snippets with syntax highlighting
• 📋 Organize snippets with tags and categories

Requirements

• VS Code version 1.80.0 or higher (for the VS Code extension)
• GitHub account for authentication
• Internet connection for snippet synchronization (required for both web and VS Code versions)

Installation

1. Open VS Code
2. Go to the Extensions view by clicking the Extensions icon in the Activity Bar on the side of the window or pressing Ctrl+Shift+X
3. Search for "SnipCity"
4. Click Install

Usage

Getting Started

1. Sign in to your GitHub account using the "SnipCity: Sign In" command or by opening the extension from the activity bar and clicking "Sign in" at the top right corner
2. Create your first snippet using the "SnipCity: Create Snippet" command or by opening the extension from the activity bar and clicking the "+Add" button
3. View all your snippets using the "SnipCity: View Snippets" command or by opening the extension from the activity bar.

Commands

• SnipCity: Sign In - Authenticate with GitHub
• SnipCity: Create Snippet - Create a new code snippet
• SnipCity: View Snippets - Open the snippet browser
• SnipCity: Force Open Sidebar - Force open the SnipCity sidebar

Known Issues

• Currently, the extension requires an active internet connection to sync snippets
• Large snippet collections may take longer to load initially

Release Notes

0.0.13

• Initial release with core functionality
• GitHub authentication
• Snippet creation and browsing
• Basic snippet management
• Snippet Mode: My Snippets | All Snippets
• Refresh snippets button

Contributing

1. Fork the repository
2. Create a feature branch
3. Commit your changes
4. Push to the branch
5. Create a Pull Request

Support

For support, please:

1. Check the issues page
2. Create a new issue if your problem isn't listed
3. Include as much detail as possible about the issue

Acknowledgments

• Thanks to the VS Code team for creating such an amazing platform
• Special thanks to all contributors and users who help make this extension better