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An iOS app for browsing and searching a code snippet library stored in a Dash-style SQLite database. Open a snippet database via the system document picker, fuzzy-search snippets and tags, and view snippet bodies with syntax highlighting — including Dash placeholder tokens (__placeholder__, @clipboard, @cursor, @time, @date).
Built around 2020–2021 as a personal project; preserved as-is and not actively maintained.
- Opens a Dash-compatible snippets SQLite database (
snippets,tags,smartTags,tagsIndextables) via GRDB - Fuzzy search powered by Fuse
- Syntax-highlighted snippet view (Sourceful) with a custom lexer for Dash placeholders
- Per-language theme colors derived from GitHub's language color palette
- Reactive MVVM throughout, using RxSwift 6 / RxCocoa
| Target | Role |
|---|---|
Snippets |
Main iOS app (MVVM modules: SnippetList, SnippetDetail) |
Entity |
GRDB record types (SQLSnippet, SQLTag, SQLSmartTag, SQLTagsIndex) |
DashSourceful |
Sourceful-based code view + lexer for Dash placeholder syntax |
LanguageThemeColor |
Language → theme color mapping utilities |
RxActivityIndicator |
Activity-tracking Rx helper framework |
RxPropertyChaining |
Rx property-chaining operators |
RxPropertyWrapper |
@RxProperty / @RxTrigger property wrappers |
The Xcode project is generated by XcodeGen (project.yml); dependencies are managed with CocoaPods, tools with Mint, and new MVVM modules are scaffolded with Generamba (Local Templates/rx_mvvm).
- Xcode 12.4-era toolchain (iOS deployment target 14.4)
- Mint, CocoaPods, optionally rbenv + Bundler for Generamba
./setup.sh
This installs Mint/CocoaPods if missing, bootstraps Mint tools (XcodeGen, SwiftLint, SwiftFormat, R.swift, Mockolo), generates Snippets.xcodeproj, runs pod install, and installs the Generamba template. Then open Snippets.xcworkspace.
Note: the Podfile references a private fork (
CollectionKit-Swiftvia SSH), and the toolchain versions are dated — building on a modern setup may require adjustments.