snips

zero install · anonymous · open source

pipe anything,
get a link.

SSH-powered pastebin with a human-friendly TUI and web UI. There's nothing to install, it works on any machine with a SSH client.

echo '{ "hello": "world" }' | ssh snips.sh
snips.sh 

        

        

    






    
# features

    

        

            
 zero install

            

                works from any machine with an SSH client, no dependencies.
            

        

        

            
 no passwords

            

                all you need is your SSH key.
            

        

        

            
 anonymous

            
no sign-ups, no logins, no email required.

        

        

            
 web ui

            

                syntax-highlighted short links and markdown rendering.
            

        

        

            
 tui

            

                browse, view, and manage snips without leaving the terminal.
            

        

        

            
 urls with ttl

            

                time-limited signed urls for sensitive sharing.
            

        

        

            
 self-hostable

            
one small container, single binary and sqlite. light on resources.

        

        

            
 ml detection

            

                automatic language detection of code snippets.
            

        

    






    
# cheatsheet

    

        

            
upload

            

                echo "content" | ssh snips.sh
                
            

        

        

            
upload (private)

            

                echo "content" | ssh snips.sh -- -private
                
            

        

        

            
upload (with type hint)

            

                echo "content" | ssh snips.sh -- -ext py
                
            

        

        

            
upload (private + signed url)

            

                echo "content" | ssh snips.sh -- -private -ttl 24h
                
            

        

        

            
download

            

                ssh f:<id>@snips.sh
                
            

        

        

            
update

            

                echo "new" | ssh f:<id>:content@snips.sh
                
            

        

        

            
delete

            

                ssh f:<id>@snips.sh -- rm
                
            

        

        

            
force delete

            

                ssh f:<id>@snips.sh -- rm -f
                
            

        

        

            
sign

            

                ssh f:<id>@snips.sh -- sign -ttl 1h
                
            

        

        

            
interactive tui

            

                ssh snips.sh