Just a place to paste

API

GET /p/:id - Get a paste by ID

POST /p/n - Post a new paste

GET /s - Get stats about the zer0bin instance

Public instances

Submit your public instance here!

Website	Expiration	Max paste size	Version	Country
zer0b.in (not up yet)	7 days	40,000 chars	vx.x.x	?
stepbro.voring.me	365 days	69,000 chars	v0.4.0	🇺🇸 US

Technologies used

Frontend:

Backend:

Self-host instructions

Requirements

• Rust >= 1.58.0
• Postgresql >= 12.0
• NodeJS >= 16.0
• Nginx
• Domain with SSL
• *nix OS

Steps

# export EDITOR=nano
git clone https://github.com/Domterion/zer0bin && cd zer0bin
$EDITOR example.nginx # Edit as appropriate
mv example.nginx yourdomain.tld
for i in /etc/nginx/sites-available/ /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/; do sudo cp ./yourdomain.tld $i; done
systemctl nginx restart
psql -f schema.sql -U postgres zer0bin
cd frontend
cp config.example.json config.json
$EDITOR config.json # Edit as appropriate
npm i && npm run build
cd ../backend
cp config.example.json config.json
$EDITOR config.json # Edit as appropriate
cargo build --release
./target/release/backend # Preferably in a tmux session or as a service

Configuration

Key	Values	Description
server.backend_host	127.0.0.1 or 0.0.0.0	The host to run the backend on
server.backend_port	Any open port	The port to run the backend on
pastes.character_limit	Number up to 2^64 - 1	The amount of characters allowed in a single paste
pastes.days_til_expiration	Number up to 2^63 or -1	The days till a paste is to expire. If set to -1 then pastes will never expire
pastes.id_length	Number up to 2^64 - 1	The length of the ID for each paste
databases.postgres_uri	PostreSQL Connection URI	The URI to use when connecting to a PostgreSQL database
ratelimits.seconds_in_between_pastes	Number up to 2^64 - 1	The seconds between paste uploads
ratelimits.allowed_pastes_before_ratelimit	Number up to 2^32 - 1	Amount of requests that can be made before they are blocked and have to wait

Benchmarks

This is on a paste with 200 lines!

Lighthouse

Firefox network