// the find
holman/boom
Motherfucking TEXT SNIPPETS! On the COMMAND LINE!
boom is a command-line snippet manager that stores named text snippets in lists and copies them to your clipboard on demand. It's for developers who want quick access to frequently-used URLs, tokens, or canned strings without touching a browser or notes app.
The list/item hierarchy is simple and obvious — `boom listname itemname value` is three words and you're done. Shell completion scripts for both bash and zsh are included, which is often an afterthought. Storage is plain JSON, so your snippets are readable and portable without running boom at all. The clipboard-first design means the workflow is genuinely fast: one command and you're already in paste position.
Last commit was 2023 and the project looks effectively abandoned — open issues and PRs sit unanswered. There's no sync or backup mechanism; your snippets live in a local JSON file and if you lose it, they're gone. No encryption, so storing API keys or passwords here is a bad idea despite it being an obvious use case. The tests are shell scripts using a test runner (roundup) that itself appears unmaintained, which makes contributing or extending this awkward.