Every snippet you've ever written, searchable in one place. Pay once.
Agencies pay per-seat and per-client fees that scale with their success. Self-hosted, pay-once tools replace per-seat pricing with a flat cost that margins actually survive.
The tool this job usually means renting is Cacher, at $6/mo — roughly $72 a year, every year. Snipvault does the job for a one-time $49 — running on infrastructure you control.
Title, description, and one or more files per snippet, with language auto-detected from the filename.
For agencies, multi-file snippets pays off across every client account, with no per-seat math — and it's covered by the same one-time $49, not metered per month.
highlight.js — server-side rendered on public pages, lazy-loaded in the editor.
For agencies, highlighting for 100+ languages pays off across every client account, with no per-seat math — and it's covered by the same one-time $49, not metered per month.
Organize snippets into folders and filter by tag chips.
For agencies, collections & tags pays off across every client account, with no per-seat math — and it's covered by the same one-time $49, not metered per month.
One-time $49 for the packaged Windows desktop app plus guided VPS deploy, lifetime updates.
Desktop app in one click, or docker compose up on any $5 VPS when you want share links on your own domain.
The idempotent Gist importer pulls your existing snippets across; FTS5 makes all of it — including file contents — instantly searchable.
Snipvault is $49, once. Cacher at $6/mo — roughly $72 a year, every year. Pays for itself in a little over 8 months versus Cacher — the 3-year saving is $167.
Pays for itself in a little over 8 months versus Cacher — the 3-year saving is $167. Snipvault costs $49 once; Cacher charges $6/mo — about $72 a year. For agencies, that fixed cost is the whole point: the tool is a one-time line item, not a monthly one.
Yes — the full source is MIT at github.com/bensblueprints/snipvault-mvp, always. $49 buys the packaged installer and lifetime updates for people who'd rather click an installer than run docker compose.
Gists are free and great for quick shares — but they give you no tags, no collections, and only limited search. Snipvault imports them all (idempotently) and adds the organization layer, full-content search and secret/public visibility control.