Masscode is an excellent open source code fragment manager

This article will introduce a personal code snippet management tool suitable for programmers  massCode^[1].

massCode

When I was a child , Maybe each of us will be asked by the teacher to have a composition material book that extracts beautiful sentences and paragraphs everywhere —— Collect honey . Undeniable? , This is really a great help to improve our writing level .

Of course, developers also need such a tool , To record some excellent code snippets .

At the same time, in our development , It will also be checked and pasted from time to time , Or we need to accumulate knowledge when we write code that we think is very powerful , Or share . So for programmers , A convenient code snippet management tool is essential .

Code snippet management software has always been useful to me , It used to be “snippets”, Because the software is relatively old , The author no longer maintains , Until a few days ago, I met by chance massCode, I can't put it down once I use it .

massCode Is a code snippet management tool for developers , It is not only open source and free , And have VS Code 、Raycast and Alfred Extensions for . It can not only help you create and organize your own personal code snippet collection , And it can be in IDE Easy to use in , At the same time, it provides an excellent code fragment sharing website , Students at the front of learning can pay attention to , Of course, you can also upload your own code to share .

Go to try ：https://github.com/massCodeIO/massCode/releases/latest

Case sharing ：https://masscode.io/snippets/

massCode characteristic

Main interface and functions

• Multilingual support

massCode The internationalization function has been added in the latest version , It also provides support for simplified Chinese , Traditional Chinese will also be added in the next version .

• Multi level folder management

massCode Allows you to use multi-level folders and tags to organize your code fragments . And each clip has a sub clip tab , This provides more possibilities , For example, you can add classes and their usage methods as different sub fragments , You can also provide different cases for its use .

•ACE High performance editor

The code fragment manager must not only provide fragment archiving , And you must have a good code editor .massCode Used Ace As a code editor .Ace Is a high-performance code editor , Support over 170 The grammar of two languages is highlighted . We also added Prettier , It can help you beautify the code quickly .

•HTML & CSS Real time rendering

You can not only collect code fragments , It can also be viewed in real time HTML and CSS The rendering result of . Test your ideas and ideas or just check the display .

•Markdown Edit and preview

You can use massCode To write Markdown , And provide syntax highlighting 、 form 、 Support for lists and other formats . Besides ,massCode It also supports Mermaid Graph tool of grammar , It can realize the dynamic generation and editing of flow chart .

• Rapid retrieval

Code snippet management tools without quick retrieval are soulless . therefore ,massCode It has the function of fast full-text search , And you can highlight the content of your search .

• Save automatically

massCode It will automatically save any changes you make during use , So you don't have to worry about forgetting to save .

• Real time synchronization

You can cooperate with any cloud synchronization service , for example iCloud Drive、Google Drive、Dropbox Or other similar services .

• database

massCode Easy to use JSON To store your data , The database file is located on the local computer .

db.json

• Plug in integration

massCode Support VS Code、Raycast and Alfred An extension of , This provides more possibilities for using applications . Use VS Code Expand , You can focus more on code , adopt VS Code To search for the necessary snippets and insert them immediately or save the selected snippets to massCode.

VSCode plug-in unit

• Share screenshots

You can go through massCode Generate beautiful code snippet pictures , And you can choose different colors of the background and different modes .

code snippet

Besides ,massCode Also support from SnippetsLab Data migration .

Software installation

massCode Apply to Linux、Windows or macOS , You can go to  massCode Official website ^[2]  Or through  github Warehouse ^[3]  Download the latest version of the corresponding platform for use .

Download from the official website

massCode After installation , If you use VS Code Can be directly in VS Code Mid search massCode Plug in installation .

plug-in unit

About author

The author of the software is a friend from Russia Anton Reshetov, His original intention of creating this project is to record his growth as a developer through software . Besides , He also hopes that this application can learn from the shining points of similar applications in the market and continue to improve . meanwhile , He also hopes that this software is free and open source , To help more people .

If the software helps you , I hope you can go github Pay more attention and support ！

References

[1] massCode: https://github.com/massCodeIO/massCode
[2] massCode Official website : https://masscode.io/
[3] github Warehouse : https://github.com/massCodeIO/massCode/releases/latest