dumb (as in simple) pastebin for the solo self-hoster

features

• it's simple

anti-features

these are some commonly expected features that are omitted in the interest of keeping the server as simple and straightforward as possible. if you want these, you may want to look elsewhere.

• configuration file
• logging
• sunsetting or one-time read pastes
• syntax detection + highlighting
• diceware-like paste ids
  • 5 digit hex + delayed 404 GET is a simple compromise

cross-platform static builds are available every version release.

start the server on port 9999, saving pastes of maximum size 1 MiB to $PWD.

$ DPB_DIR="$PWD" DPB_MAX_MIB=1 dpb 9999

because the server is made to be as simple as possible, it is up to the client to upload binary data and tell the server the mimetype to serve the paste with.

a simple client script client.sh has been provided. it uses file to detect the mimetype and add it as a Content-Type header to the curl upload. the server is designed to recognize and remember this header when serving the paste.

$ ./client.sh < image.jpg
9ed79
$ ./client.sh 9ed79 > pasted-image.jpg