# cloudbin

**A fast, simple place to share text and code with a link.**

Paste something, save it, and you get a short URL you can send to anyone. They open
the link and see exactly what you pasted. That's it.

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## How to use it

1. Open the home page.
2. Type or paste your text or code into the editor.
3. Save it (see the buttons below) — you'll be taken to a page with your paste.
4. Copy the link from your browser's address bar and share it. 🎉

Anyone with the link can view your paste. No account, no sign-up needed.

## Buttons & shortcuts

The icons in the top-right corner do the following:

| Icon            | Action            | Shortcut (Win/Linux) | Shortcut (Mac)  |
| --------------- | ----------------- | -------------------- | --------------- |
| 💾 Save         | Save the paste    | `Ctrl + S`           | `⌘ + S`         |
| 📄 New          | Start a new paste | `Ctrl + N`           | `⌘ + N`         |
| ✏️ Duplicate    | Copy & edit it    | `Ctrl + D`           | `⌘ + D`         |
| 📰 Raw          | View plain text   | `Ctrl + Shift + R`   | `⌘ + Shift + R` |

- **Save** uploads your text and gives it a shareable link.
- **New** clears everything so you can start over.
- **Duplicate** takes the current paste and lets you edit it as a new one.
- **Raw** shows the paste as plain text only (handy for copy-pasting or scripts).

## Good to know

- **Sharing:** the link is all someone needs to view your paste. Anyone who has it can
  open it, so don't paste anything secret (passwords, private keys, personal data).
- **Editing:** pastes can't be changed after saving. Use **Duplicate** to make an edited
  copy with a new link.
- **Storage:** your pastes are kept safely in Google Cloud. They may be removed without
  notice, so don't treat cloudbin as permanent backup.

## About this project

cloudbin is a self-hosted, scalable paste server. It was inspired by the original
[haste-server](https://github.com/toptal/haste-server) by John Crepezzi — thanks to him
for the idea that started it all.