SnipMan ✂️ - A Blazing Fast TUI Snippet Manager

SnipMan is a simple, fast, and intuitive command-line snippet manager built with Rust. It lets you save, search, and manage code snippets right from your terminal.

Features

• Add Snippets: Quickly save new snippets with descriptions and tags.
• Interactive TUI: Fuzzy-search, preview, copy, and delete.
• Copy to Clipboard: Select a snippet, press Enter, and the code is automatically in your clipboard.
• Cross-Platform: Linux, macOS, and Windows.

Installation

Pick one of the following:

• Using Cargo (Rust toolchain):

  cargo install snipman

• Prebuilt binaries (GitHub Releases):

  • Linux (x86_64):

    curl -LO https://github.com/arshia-rgh/snipman/releases/latest/download/snipman-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz
    tar xzf snipman-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz
    sudo mv snipman-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu /usr/local/bin/snipman

  • macOS (x86_64):

    curl -LO https://github.com/arshia-rgh/snipman/releases/latest/download/snipman-x86_64-apple-darwin.tar.gz
    tar xzf snipman-x86_64-apple-darwin.tar.gz
    sudo mv snipman-x86_64-apple-darwin /usr/local/bin/snipman

  • Windows (x86_64):
    1. Download: https://github.com/arshia-rgh/snipman/releases/latest/download/snipman-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc.zip
    2. Extract, rename the file to snipman.exe, and place it in a folder on your PATH (e.g., %USERPROFILE%\bin).

Initialize (one-time)

Before using other commands, run the installer to set up manual pages and shell completions. Other commands are gated until this completes.

snipman install

Notes:

• After install, open a new shell so completions and man pages are picked up.
• Try: man snipman
• The installer writes a per-user stamp to mark completion; without it, running other commands prints a helpful message to run snipman install.

Options:

• Choose target shell(s):

  snipman install --shell auto     # default; detect $SHELL, else install for bash,zsh,fish
  snipman install --shell bash
  snipman install --shell zsh
  snipman install --shell fish
  snipman install --shell all

• Avoid modifying your shell rc (Zsh):

  snipman install --no-modify-rc

  By default on Zsh, SnipMan appends a small idempotent block to your ~/.zshrc (or $ZDOTDIR/.zshrc) to add the completion path and run compinit.

Where things go (Unix):

• Man page: ~/.local/share/man/man1/snipman.1 (then mandb -q is attempted quietly)
• Bash completion: ~/.local/share/bash-completion/completions/snipman
• Zsh completion: ~/.local/share/zsh/site-functions/_snipman (name decided by clap_complete)
• Fish completion: ~/.config/fish/completions/snipman.fish

Usage

Note: ensure you ran snipman install first (see above).

Show help:

snipman --help

Add

Create a new snippet. Provide the code body via one of: --code, --file, --stdin, or --editor.

Precedence (if multiple are provided): --code > --file > --stdin > --editor.

• Inline code:

  snipman add -d "Open file" -t fs,io --code 'std::fs::read_to_string("path")?;'

• From a file:

  snipman add -d "HTTP GET" -t http,req --file examples/get.rs

• From stdin (pipe):

  cat snippet.rs | snipman add -d "Read file" -t fs --stdin

• Open your editor ($VISUAL or $EDITOR; flags supported, e.g., export VISUAL="code -w"; falls back to nano/vi on Unix, Notepad on Windows):

  snipman add -d "Regex replace" -t text,regex --editor

Flags:

• -d, --description required
• -t, --tags comma-separated (e.g., fs,io,read)
• --code inline code body
• --file read code from file
• --stdin read code from stdin
• --editor open $VISUAL/$EDITOR to compose

List

Print all snippets.

snipman list

Remove

Remove a snippet by its description (as shown in list).

snipman remove --description "Open file"
# or
snipman remove -d "Open file"

Interactive

Open the interactive picker with fuzzy search, preview, copy, and delete.

snipman interactive

Key bindings:

• Type: refine fuzzy search
• Up/Down: move selection
• Enter: copy selected snippet code to clipboard and exit
• q: quit
• p: toggle compact/full preview
• d: delete selected snippet (confirm with y/n)
• PgUp/PgDn: scroll preview up/down
• Backspace: delete last character in query

Roadmap

• Configurable colors for the interactive UI
• Richer search over tags and code body

License

MIT. See LICENSE.