Changelog

Release notes and version history for SnipperApp.

SnipperApp 3

3.4.2 — September 2026

Import files and folders

File → Import Files or Folder… turns a folder of source, Markdown, or text files into snippets and folders — the filename is the title and the extension sets the language
Drag files or a folder from Finder onto the sidebar or the snippet list to import them there; dropping on an open snippet still attaches
Re-importing the same folder reuses its folders and skips snippets you already have

Images in every snippet

Paste a screenshot into any snippet — a code snippet attaches it above the editor, a Note places it inline where your cursor is
Drag files onto a snippet to attach them — no more file paths pasted as text
SVG images: inline in Notes and previewed in the attachments strip, kept as crisp vectors at any size
Attach File… is now in the editor's right-click menu too (⌘⇧A, remappable in Settings → Shortcuts)
Thumbnails of transparent images sit on white instead of black

Find your Notes

A Note badge in the editor header, where the language picker would be, so you can tell a Note from a code snippet at a glance
New Note in Command Center (⌘K) — alongside ⌥⌘N, File → New Note, and the New Snippet button's menu

Language picker

The ☆ is visible on every row — click it, or press Space on the highlighted language, to keep it under Favorites at the top; Show only my languages hides the rest
Recently Used lists the last eight languages you picked

Fixed

The menubar popup's new-snippet language defaulted to a non-existent "Plaintext"
Copying a Note from the menubar popup no longer includes Markdown syntax

3.4.0 — September 2026

Images in your notes

Paste a screenshot or drag an image file into a Note and it appears right where your cursor is — Apple Notes-style, finally
Copied an image from a browser or chat app? That pastes too
Images travel with your snippets: they sync via iCloud as attachments, ride your backups, and show up in the note on every Mac
Move an image within a note with cut and paste; remove it from the note (or from the attachments strip) and both stay in step
Search finds your notes by the image's name, and the snippet list shows a thumbnail

Reliability

Fixed a rare auto-save gap where an edit made at just the wrong moment — like an image pasted right after typing — could look saved but silently vanish when you reopened the note
The menubar Assistant's global shortcut can now be recorded right in its settings pane, and the help screens always show your actual shortcut, not the default

3.3.0 — August 2026

Workspaces now sync across your Macs

Workspaces you create finally appear on all your Macs, with folders and snippets following along — organizational structure now syncs the way Apple Notes folders do
Prefer to keep a workspace on one Mac only? Its sync can stay off — workspaces with sync disabled never leave your machine
Fixed a sync error some multi-Mac users hit ("FOREIGN KEY constraint failed") that could block sync entirely — affected Macs recover automatically after updating
Sync is more resilient overall: a single problematic item can no longer stall everything behind it, and you'll see an honest count when something can't be applied

Take control of your backups

New in Settings → Backup: keep every manual backup (as before) or only the last 5, 10, or 20 — older ones are removed automatically after each new backup
Remove Old Backups Now button for a one-click tidy-up
Backup cleanup now also runs after manual backups — previously it only ran alongside automatic backups, so backup folders could grow forever

3.2.3 — August 2026

iCloud sync you can trust

Fixed snippets getting stuck "waiting to upload" — especially after importing from SnippetsLab or when using multiple workspaces. The sync queue now checks and repairs itself on every sync
Sync status is honest now: if iCloud rejects an item, you'll see a clear error in the sync status instead of a green checkmark
Items too large for iCloud are flagged individually instead of silently blocking everything behind them
Snippets and folders created or edited by your AI assistant (via MCP) now sync to iCloud too

3.2.2 — August 2026

Pick your own shortcuts

New Settings → Shortcuts pane: remap the main keyboard shortcuts — New Snippet, New Note, New Folder, Command Center, Find, Copy, Favorite, Sync, and Publish
The menu bar popup hotkey (⌘⇧V) is remappable too, and works system-wide — handy when a clipboard manager already claims that combo
Menus and toolbar buttons update the moment you remap, with conflict warnings and one-click reset

Menu bar popup

Search filter pills are now keyboard-first: ← and → walk between them, Backspace deletes — exactly like the main window's search

3.2.1 — August 2026

Folders

New Subfolder... is now in the folder right-click menu — create a nested folder directly inside another one instead of creating it at the top level and dragging it in
The parent folder expands automatically so the new subfolder is visible right away
Right-click the Folders section header to create a top-level folder

Fixed

Deleting a folder no longer permanently destroys the snippets inside it. They are now moved to the Trash, where you can restore them — which is what the app and documentation always said would happen
Deleting a folder from the sidebar now asks for confirmation. Previously a single click on Delete removed the folder, every subfolder, and all of their snippets with no warning and no undo
The confirmation dialog now describes what actually happens instead of claiming snippets would be kept

3.2.0 — August 2026

Rich Text Notes

Keep notes alongside your code — a new Note type with true WYSIWYG editing, no Markdown syntax in sight
Format like Apple Notes: bold, italic, underline, strikethrough, Title, Heading, Subheading, Monostyled, bulleted and numbered lists, and block quotes
Highlight text in five colors — purple, pink, orange, mint, and blue
Smart lists: Return continues with the next bullet or number, and ends the list on an empty item
Paste from a browser and the styling is cleaned up automatically — your bold and italics are kept, the website's fonts and colors are not
Create one with ⌥⌘N, from the File menu, or the New button in the toolbar
Under the hood, notes are portable Markdown — they travel through iCloud sync, backups, gists, and MCP like everything else

Redesigned toolbar and window

The main window is rebuilt on native macOS foundations — the toolbar now aligns with your sidebar and snippet list, just like Apple Mail and Notes
Search is rock solid: the field keeps focus while you type, suggestions are clickable, and tag: and folder: filters become chips you can walk and delete with the keyboard
Narrow windows behave natively: toolbar items fold into an overflow menu, and the sidebar hides and returns automatically as you resize

Also

Star your favorite languages and filter the language picker down to just the ones you use
Search the icon list when creating or renaming a workspace

Fixed

The "Show Dock Icon" setting is now respected
New snippets are always revealed and selected in the list, whatever your sort order
Edits made moments before switching snippets are never lost
⌘N creates a snippet instead of opening a new window
Notes are fully readable in dark mode
Sturdier iCloud sync: fixed rare crashes from duplicate tag names and attachments arriving out of order

3.1.4 — July 2026

SnippetsLab import duplicate-skipping now recognises snippets that have been through an iCloud sync round-trip — re-importing an overlapping library no longer creates duplicates

3.1.3 — June 2026

Fixed nested folders appearing flat after syncing your library to a new Mac — folders now keep their hierarchy, and any libraries already affected are repaired automatically on the next sync
SnippetsLab import can now skip duplicate snippets already in your library — on by default, with a toggle in Settings → Backup. Handy when importing several overlapping SnippetsLab libraries
Fixed SnipperApp 2 import — snippets without a folder are now visible in your workspace after importing
Added "Open in SnipperApp" deep link support for the SnipperApp Raycast extension

3.1.1 — June 2026

App Store rating prompts, shown only to long-time users after a positive moment
New setting to hide the snippet preview line for a more compact list
New snippets now open with the title field focused, ready to type

3.1.0 — June 2026

German localization (Deutsch) — our first non-English language
New setting to hide the snippet list metadata row (language, date, source) for a compact layout

3.0.10 — May 2026

Fixed importing SnipperApp 2 backups — .snipperapp2 files are no longer greyed out in the file picker

3.0.8 — April 2026

Fixed SnippetsLab import: tags from JSON exports are now correctly linked to their snippets

3.0.7 — April 2026

Fixed SnippetsLab import: snippets are now correctly assigned to their folders

3.0.6 — March 2026

Fixed attachment preview thumbnails not displaying correctly
Improved iCloud sync reliability with better conflict resolution for attachments
Fixed attachment sync edge cases when syncing between multiple Macs

3.0.5 — March 2026

Import from SnippetsLab — import your snippets, folders, tags, and attachments from SnippetsLab backups and JSON exports
Drag and drop snippets between folders in the sidebar
Move snippets to a different folder via context menu

3.0.4 — February 2026

Fixed trial enforcement — app now properly locks features after trial expires
Fixed purchase restore flow
Various UX improvements

3.0.3 — February 2026

SnipperApp Hub — publish, discover, and import code snippets from the community at snipperapp.com/hub
Publish snippets to the Hub directly from the app
Import snippets from the Hub with one click
Search the Hub from within the app
Hub toolbar button for quick publish/unpublish
Deep link support for importing Hub snippets (snipper://hub/import/)
MCP Hub tools: search, browse, and import community snippets via AI assistants

3.0.2 — February 2026

Added in-app feedback form
Added help documentation view
Minor trial management improvements

3.0.1 — February 2026

Minor bug fixes and stability improvements

3.0.0 — February 2026

SnipperApp 3 is a complete rewrite from the ground up. Built with Swift 6, SwiftUI, and GRDB, it's the most powerful version of SnipperApp yet.

Highlights:

MCP Integration — The first code snippet manager with Model Context Protocol support. Connect Claude, Cursor, Windsurf, and other AI assistants to your snippet collection
Command Center — Raycast-style command palette (Cmd+K) for instant keyboard-driven access to all app functionality
Workspaces — Organize your snippets by context (Work, Personal, Learning) with isolated collections per workspace
iCloud Sync — Native CloudKit-based sync with automatic delta updates, offline support, and conflict resolution
GitHub Gist Sync — Two-way synchronization with GitHub Gists, including multi-file gist support
Menubar App — Global hotkey (Cmd+Shift+V) for quick snippet access from any application with configurable click actions and hover preview
Markdown Preview — Full GitHub Flavored Markdown with side-by-side live preview, resizable divider, and three display modes
File Attachments — Drag-and-drop or paste images and documents to any snippet, with thumbnails and Quick Look preview
Backup & Restore — Automatic backups every 6 hours with Time Machine-like retention policy. Import from SnipperApp 2 backups
Modern UI — Native SwiftUI design following macOS design language
50+ Languages — Syntax highlighting powered by Prism
Receipt Validation — StoreKit 2 piracy protection
Analytics & Error Tracking — Amplitude and Sentry integration (production only, anonymous)

Requirements: macOS 15.0 (Sequoia) or later

SnipperApp 2

2.15.3 — Feb 3, 2023

Updates and fixes to the language parser

2.15.2 — Dec 26, 2023

Add new dock icon for the dark mode
Some UX enhancements for the latest macOS version

2.15.1 — Apr 23, 2022

Some additional small fixes after the v2.15.0 release.

2.15.0 — Apr 22, 2022

New HUD status bar mode
Fixed some crashes and bugs

2.14.0 — Apr 7, 2022

Reworked syntax highlighting parser with 25 new languages including LaTeX. Languages added: ABAP, Agda, ApacheConf, Apex, APL, ASP, Basic, Batch, Bison, Brightscript, Bro, C, CSV, Django, DNS Zone, Graphviz (DOT), Eiffel, Emacs Lisp, GraphQL, React JSX, React TSX, LaTeX, Latte, Q, Scss.

2.13.0 — Feb 14, 2022

Better UX of the catalog with vibrancy and SF Symbols

2.12.3 — Jan 31, 2022

Some additional fixes after v2.12.0 release

2.12.2 — Jan 23, 2022

Fixed cases when couldn't delete a snippet

2.12.1 — Jan 22, 2022

Decreased the application bundle size by 7%
Fixed a bug when published snippet content was sometimes stripped with & signs

2.12.0 — Nov 29, 2021

Support importing JSON backups from SnippetsLab
Fix limit and allow to download more than 100 snippets from GitHub Gists storage

2.11.5 — Oct 22, 2021

Performance improvements
Fix limit of tags in Pro version

2.11.0 — Apr 6, 2021

Added colored tags feature
Bring back the optimized for Big Sur tokens view in the search field

2.10.0 — Jan 12, 2021

Code beautifier for JavaScript, TypeScript, HTML, Markdown, CSS, SCSS, LESS, JSON, YAML

2.9.0 — Jan 6, 2021

Apple Silicon (arm64) native support
Fixed font picker in preferences

2.8.0 — Nov 26, 2020

Share your snippets via secret links
Multiple enhancements in snippets search
UX alignments for macOS Big Sur
New Lifetime subscription option

2.7.0 — May 7, 2020

Drag and drop image attachments to markdown and text snippets
Copy-paste screenshots from clipboard into snippets

2.6.0 — Apr 2, 2020

New menubar app for quick access to your snippets

2.5.0 — Mar 6, 2020

Drag and drop snippets to other folders

2.4.0 — Feb 3, 2020

Switched to freemium model

2.3.0 — Jan 8, 2020

New markdown parser with GitHub Flavored Markdown support
Markdown preview mode

2.2.0 — Dec 15, 2019

Custom keyboard shortcut to open the app

2.1.0 — Nov 24, 2019

GitHub Gist integration
Offline mode support
iCloud and GitHub icons in snippet list

2.0.0 — Aug 29, 2019

SnipperApp 2 initial release
Smart filtering and redesigned search
Snippet tags
Mark snippet or folder as favorite
Completely redesigned database
Numerous UX improvements

SnipperApp 1

1.5.0 — Mar 18, 2019

Create and restore from backup

1.4.0 — Jan 3, 2019

Catalog folder trees with drag and drop

1.3.0 — Oct 28, 2018

Added 90 new languages (120 in total)

1.2.0 — Oct 18, 2018

Import snippets from files and folders

1.1.0 — Sept 18, 2018

Initial release