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Lepton vs Cacher: catalog facts
Lepton	Cacher
Best for: Developers who keep reusable code in GitHub Gists	Best for: Developers and teams who want a shared, searchable library of code snippets
Free Free and open source under the MIT licence; donations are not accepted.	Free + paid options Team and enterprise plans are offered.
Windows, macOS, Linux	Windows, macOS, Linux, Web, Browser extension, Command line
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	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
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	Proprietary service
Downloadable app	Downloadable app, Web application, Browser extension
Open source	Not open source
License: MIT	License not stated
Account needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Sources for Lepton hackjutsu.com/Lepton Catalog checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Sources for Cacher cacher.io Catalog checked October 1, 2026

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