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CutCode

Cross-platform code snippet manager with Avalonia framework

Library Rated 7 Oct 2026Dormant

Link
github.com/Abdesol/CutCode/releases/tag/v3.0.0
Built by
Abdesol Builds

Bloat

95/500

Where it landed on the scale

Bloat
0
Float
300
Moat
400

Summary

CutCode is a real, released desktop app (v3.0.0) with an MIT license and a GitHub organization, but it has been dormant since early 2022 and has no monetisation, pricing, or legal pages. It works as a solid hobby or portfolio project and is not a business; the moat is minimal because snippet managers are a crowded, easily rebuilt category.

Bloat · Not much here works or looks likely to last, yet.

Breakdown

Five measures, 100 points each. Open the receipts under any of them to see the posts and pages behind the points.

Viability

Is there a real problem, someone who would pay, and a market this builder can actually reach?

A genuine developer pain point, but a free open-source snippet manager with no pricing, payments or hosted offering has no path to paying users shown. Many free alternatives exist.

18/100

Rubric 0–20No clear problem or user. A toy, a practice clone, or a solution looking for a problem.

Receipts (2)

  1. Describes a snippet manager for developers with planned cloud/login features that would be the only route to monetisation, but none were shipped.

    “CutCode v3.0.0 This version is a re-birth for CutCode. It is using another framework called Avalonia and it is now a cross-platform program. Watch the demo video below to see how CutCode UI looks like and useful for programmers/developers : ) https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/927922755893084170/929280077588467722/intro_video.mp4 Fixed Features - Performance increase - Speed increase - Appl”

    Post · @abdebuilds · 8 Jan 2022 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)

  2. MIT-licensed open-source repo with no homepage and no commercial offering.

    Checked 7 Oct 2026 · github.com/CutCode-org/CutCode (opens in a new tab)

Moat

What stops someone copying it?

A snippet manager is a thin, well-trodden category that anyone could rebuild quickly; the MIT license makes copying trivial, and no data, network or local depth exists.

8/100

Rubric 0–20A thin wrapper or a clone that anyone here could rebuild in a weekend.

Receipts (2)

  1. MIT license and a one-line description; nothing proprietary or compounding.

    Checked 7 Oct 2026 · github.com/Abdesol/CutCode/releases/tag/v3.0.0 (opens in a new tab)

  2. Features (cell view, update checker) are ordinary; the differentiating items (code sharing, cloud database) remain only 'upcoming'.

    “CutCode v3.0.0 This version is a re-birth for CutCode. It is using another framework called Avalonia and it is now a cross-platform program. Watch the demo video below to see how CutCode UI looks like and useful for programmers/developers : ) https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/927922755893084170/929280077588467722/intro_video.mp4 Fixed Features - Performance increase - Speed increase - Appl”

    Post · @abdebuilds · 8 Jan 2022 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)

Momentum

Did the updates keep coming?

Worked on for about three months in late 2021 and early 2022, with a final repo push in April 2022 and nothing since, so it has been inactive for over four years.

10/100

  • Sustained shipping5/60

    Worked on across 3 months.

  • Consistency5/40

    Updates in 2 of 3 months.

  • Quiet

    No update for 1733 days — scaled to 20%.

Receipts (2)

  1. Earliest post about it.

    “https://github.com/Abdesol/CutCode”

    Post · @abdebuilds · 20 Oct 2021 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)

  2. Most recent post about it.

    “CutCode v3.0.0 This version is a re-birth for CutCode. It is using another framework called Avalonia and it is now a cross-platform program. Watch the demo video below to see how CutCode UI looks like and useful for programmers/developers : ) https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/927922755893084170/929280077588467722/intro_video.mp4 Fixed Features - Performance increase - Speed increase - Appl”

    Post · @abdebuilds · 8 Jan 2022 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)

Infrastructure

Does a real, working product exist?

A real, downloadable cross-platform desktop app exists with a tagged v3.0.0 release and demo, though it is a local tool with no backend, and the planned cloud and sharing features were never built.

54/100

  • It's live20/20

    https://github.com/Abdesol/CutCode/releases/tag/v3.0.0 responded when checked.

  • HTTPS5/5

    Hosted on a platform (store, GitHub or Telegram) — HTTPS is the platform's.

  • Real product25/35

    A downloadable cross-platform app exists with a tagged release, a demo video and listed features, but it is a single-purpose local tool with the cloud/sharing features never delivered.

  • Own home0/10

    No home found.

  • Maintained0/15

    Last sign of shipping 2022-01-08.

  • Operations4/15

    It ships on multiple operating systems with an update checker and a GitHub org, but there is no backend, accounts, docs site, API or status page.

Receipts (5)

  1. https://github.com/Abdesol/CutCode/releases/tag/v3.0.0 responded when checked.

    Checked 7 Oct 2026 · github.com/Abdesol/CutCode/releases/tag/v3.0.0 (opens in a new tab)

  2. v3.0.0 release with a working Avalonia port, cell view and update checker, downloadable per OS.

    “CutCode v3.0.0 This version is a re-birth for CutCode. It is using another framework called Avalonia and it is now a cross-platform program. Watch the demo video below to see how CutCode UI looks like and useful for programmers/developers : ) https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/927922755893084170/929280077588467722/intro_video.mp4 Fixed Features - Performance increase - Speed increase - Appl”

    Post · @abdebuilds · 8 Jan 2022 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)

  3. The release page responded as live, so the product can be obtained.

    Checked 7 Oct 2026 · github.com/Abdesol/CutCode/releases/tag/v3.0.0 (opens in a new tab)

  4. Cross-platform builds and an in-app update checker are the only operational signs.

    “CutCode v3.0.0 This version is a re-birth for CutCode. It is using another framework called Avalonia and it is now a cross-platform program. Watch the demo video below to see how CutCode UI looks like and useful for programmers/developers : ) https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/927922755893084170/929280077588467722/intro_video.mp4 Fixed Features - Performance increase - Speed increase - Appl”

    Post · @abdebuilds · 8 Jan 2022 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)

  5. Repo lives under a project organization, but no homepage or docs are linked.

    Checked 7 Oct 2026 · github.com/CutCode-org/CutCode (opens in a new tab)

Sustainability

Is it being set up to last?

Distribution is only a GitHub release, there is no payment, pricing, privacy or terms, and the project has been inactive for years, so nothing shows it can sustain itself.

5/100

  • Distribution0/30

    No working way to get it was found.

  • Payments0/15

    No payment provider found.

  • Pricing0/10

    No pricing found on the site.

  • Revenue0/5

    No mention of paying customers, pricing or revenue anywhere in the posts.

  • Privacy policy0/7

    No privacy policy found.

  • Terms0/5

    No terms of service found.

  • Support0/8

    No support contact found.

  • Commitment5/20

    A small contributor group and an organization repo with a roadmap list show some intent, but the roadmap was not delivered and activity stopped in 2022.

Receipts (3)

  1. The post asks people to star and share the project, with no commercial angle.

    “CutCode v3.0.0 This version is a re-birth for CutCode. It is using another framework called Avalonia and it is now a cross-platform program. Watch the demo video below to see how CutCode UI looks like and useful for programmers/developers : ) https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/927922755893084170/929280077588467722/intro_video.mp4 Fixed Features - Performance increase - Speed increase - Appl”

    Post · @abdebuilds · 8 Jan 2022 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)

  2. Names two main contributors and two others, and lists upcoming features.

    “CutCode v3.0.0 This version is a re-birth for CutCode. It is using another framework called Avalonia and it is now a cross-platform program. Watch the demo video below to see how CutCode UI looks like and useful for programmers/developers : ) https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/927922755893084170/929280077588467722/intro_video.mp4 Fixed Features - Performance increase - Speed increase - Appl”

    Post · @abdebuilds · 8 Jan 2022 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)

  3. Last push was 2022-04-15, so the roadmap has gone unkept for years.

    Checked 7 Oct 2026 · github.com/CutCode-org/CutCode (opens in a new tab)