Open Source Registry

At SnipVault, we believe that security and auditability are non-negotiable for developers. If you are trusting a service with your ideas, configuration keys, and code snippets, you deserve the ability to verify exactly how your data is encrypted, synced, and validated. SnipVault is 100% Open Source under the permissive MIT License. You can review the code, fork the repository, host your own Convex backend cluster, or run SnipVault completely isolated offline.

Permissive MIT License

Our software license is simple, lightweight, and grants you complete freedom:

MIT License

Copyright (c) 2026 Rosy

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
SOFTWARE.

Local Development Sandbox Setup

Want to run a private instance of SnipVault? Follow these quick commands to spin up your local server and connect it to your own serverless Convex database:

# 1. Clone your private repository or copy directory files

git clone https://github.com/sah-rohit/SnipVault.git && cd SnipVault

# 2. Install dev dependencies (Convex Client CLI, etc)

npm install

# 3. Create your secure local config credentials

cp config.example.js config.js

# 4. Bootstrap your serverless Convex backend database

npx convex dev

# 5. Populate your new database URL inside config.js

cat config.js

const CONVEX_URL = "https://your-convex-deployment.convex.cloud";

# 6. Run the local dashboard dev server

npm run dev

Auditability and Transparency

By open-sourcing SnipVault, we verify:

Zero Background Logging: SnipVault only saves snippets when you explicitly click "Save Snippet" or sync from your local guest memory. We have zero telemetry, usage tracking, or keystroke recorders.
Secure Hashing: All login authentication flows are processed using secure cryptographic standards through our Convex backend. We never store plain passwords.
No Lock-In: The data model utilizes clean JSON. Because the codebase is fully open, you can run exports at any time and import the structures into any IDE plugin or other editor tools easily.