Snap2HTML

Snap2HTML is a small, portable and practical software utility that takes a snapshot of a folder structure and saves it to an HTML file. It can be used as a simple method to create a collection of music or movies, or to monitor directories for changes made by other apps, for example.

Portability advantages

Since there is no installation involved, you can drop the program files in any part of the hard disk and just click the executable to run. There is also the possibility to save Snap2HTML to a USB flash disk or similar storage unit, in order to run it on any PC with minimum effort and no previous installers.
An important aspect worth taking into account is that the Windows registry and Start menu do not get updated with new entries, and no extra files are created on the disk without permission.

Clear-cut interface and options

The GUI is represented by a small window with a neatly organized layout, where you can point out the root folder to scan, edit the page title, and include hidden and system items if necessary. Furthermore, it is possible to create links for the files in the HTML, in order to quickly access them.
In order to create the snapshot, all you have to do is indicate an output file name and directory. The whole process may take a while, depending on the target size. Before doing so, users with experience in HTML code editing may open the template file in Notepad and customize the document appearance.

Evaluation and conclusion

No error dialogs were shown in our tests, and the app did not hang or crash. Everything worked smoothly throughout out evaluation, and Snap2HTML used low CPU and RAM, so it did not affect the overall performance of the PC. Too bad it does not implement a feature for comparing two snapshots. Other than that, Snap2HTML serves its purpose and can be used by anyone who wants to keep a close eye on their files and folders.