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# MicroBin
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MicroBin is a super tiny, feature rich, configurable, self-contained and self-hosted paste bin web application. It is very easy to set up and use, and will only require a few megabytes of memory and disk storage. It takes only a couple minutes to set it up, why not give it a try now?
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## Note about this fork
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I've forked MicroBin due to apparent neglect from the maintainer, and to fix various issues and annoyances to me personally.
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### TODOs:
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- [ ] Proper database (_seriously, json isn't a database_)
- [ ] Configurable endpoints (_so a url shortener isn't lengthened by /url/_)
- [ ] Proper auth and permissions (_so a single user can also use it and send links_)
- [ ] Customizable keys (_so you can make fixed pastas_)
- [ ] Customizable wordset and length for the names
- [ ] Non-env/args configurations
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## Features
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- Is very small
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- Entirely self-contained executable, MicroBin is a single file!
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- Animal names instead of random numbers for pasta identifiers (64 animals)
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- File uploads (eg. `server.com/file/pig-dog-cat` )
- Raw text serving (eg. `server.com/raw/pig-dog-cat` )
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- URL shortening and redirection
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- QR code support
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- Very simple database (JSON + files) for portability, easy backups and integration
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- Listing and manually removing pastas (`/pastalist`)
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- Private and public, editable and final, automatically and never expiring pastas
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- Syntax highlighting
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- Automatic dark mode and custom styling support with very little CSS and only vanilla JS (see [`water.css` ](https://github.com/kognise/water.css ))
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- Most of the above can be toggled on and off!
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## What is a "pasta" anyway?
In MicroBin, a pasta can be:
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- A text that you want to paste from one machine to another, eg. some code,
- A file that you want to share, eg. a video that is too large for Discord, a zip with a code project in it or an image,
- A URL redirect.
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## When is MicroBin useful?
You can use MicroBin:
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- As a URL shortener/redirect service,
- To send long texts to other people,
- To send large files to other people,
- To serve content on the web, eg. configuration files for testing, images, or any other file content using the Raw functionality,
- To move files between your desktop and a server you access from the console,
- As a "postbox" service where people can upload their files or texts, but they cannot see or remove what others sent you - just disable the pastalist page
- To take notes! Simply create an editable pasta.
...and many other things, why not get creative?
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MicroBin and MicroBin.eu are available under the [BSD 3-Clause License ](LICENSE ).
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© Dániel Szabó 2022