We all have those times where we need to share code. Whether our text exceeds Discord's 2,000 character limit or to share a snippet of code with my friends so they can copy my programming homework, sharing code is a rather crucial thing in the lives of most programmers.

My main motivation behind creating this website is the fact that there are no good, simple and feature-rich paste websites out there, and I envision SnipBin to fill in all visible gaps and shortcomings of other code-sharing websites.

As mentioned above, while I was creating SnipBin, I had noticed some major and annoying shortcomings of most other paste websites, and SnipBin is my attempt to create the closest-to-perfect paste websites for my personal standards.

Anybody who's shared code before has most probably heard of this website called PasteBin, which is an extremely feature rich and handy website however it's absolutely LITTERED with ads everywhere. I'm a highschool student doing this stuff for fun, I don't really have an much of an intention to monetise this project.

Being a web designer, I can assure that you don't need a 13 megabyte package to add these animations which give people epilepsy attacks. This website is set in the beautiful FiraCode Mono font, along with a relaxed and chill colour scheme that is relaxing to the eyes. Taking the example of PasteBin, the grotesque layout on the website combined with the atrocious colours instantly makes it a no-go for me.

Nobody likes to work with a poorly documented API. Now, in all honesty, I don't think that my API documentation is really good or anything, but it's understandable and clear which is a large step up from sites like PasteBin.

You can view the API documentation at https://snip.hxrsh.in/api-docs.md/

Many might bring up that this website has a lot of parallels with another code sharing website, known has Hastebin. This is true, however, I believe that Hastebin lacks a lot of essetial features for code sharing websites. For example, I cannot keep track of all my different pastes within Hastebin and they delete the paste 7 days after creation. Although Hastebin looks a bit better than Pastebin, stuff like this makes Hastebin feel just as bad. SnipBin, on the other hand, features powerful features such as custom slugs, snip passwords, and OPTIONAL authentication features allowing users to keep track of their snips.

I am one of those people who are so lazy that they don't want to switch between their mouse and keyboard. Therefore, I designed this website to be accessible from only the keyboard. With that to say, the website does take into account people with touchscreens and adds buttons for them accordingly. It also comes with built-in keyboard shortcuts for basic commands and utility, speeding up user interactions within the site.

I don't care about what you, or any other user of this website posts. I won't be deleting any user accounts unless explicitly asked for, or selling your data to Microsoft or any other company. Snips are not deleted unless the government or someone who can get me into trouble tells me to delete them. Be aware that anybody can view the content you snip on this website. Please use the "encrypt snip" feature to add a password to your snips if you wouldn't like anybody else to view them.

Any questions? Toss a DM to @harshhhdev

SnipBin is open sourced on GitHub, feel free to give it a star if you use the project. It makes me feel that at least someone is using these websites I make while I procrastinate from my homework.