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Cacher vs Lepton: catalog facts
Cacher	Lepton
Best for: Developers and teams who want a shared, searchable library of code snippets	Best for: Developers who keep reusable code in GitHub Gists
Free + paid options Team and enterprise plans are offered.	Free Free and open source under the MIT licence; donations are not accepted.
Windows, macOS, Linux, Web, Browser extension, Command line	Windows, macOS, Linux
Plugins for VS Code, IntelliJ IDEs and Raycast Imports and syncs GitHub Gists All 4 strengths for Cacher Plugins for VS Code, IntelliJ IDEs and Raycast Imports and syncs GitHub Gists Color-coded labels for organizing snippets Team features including code reviews and enterprise SSO	Uses GitHub Gist as storage, so snippets stay in your own account No separate backend or data collection All 4 strengths for Lepton Uses GitHub Gist as storage, so snippets stay in your own account No separate backend or data collection Renders Markdown and Jupyter notebooks Tags and quick search for organizing many snippets
Proprietary service	Requires a GitHub account Full content search needs all snippets downloaded first All 3 limitations for Lepton Requires a GitHub account Full content search needs all snippets downloaded first Built on Electron
Downloadable app, Web application, Browser extension	Downloadable app
Not open source	Open source
License not stated	License: MIT
Not stated if an account is needed	Account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Sources for Cacher cacher.io Catalog checked October 1, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Sources for Lepton hackjutsu.com/Lepton Catalog checked October 2, 2026

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