Short{Paste}

Short{Paste} is open-source software written in Go and VueJS. It is a minimalistic shortener that combines three things that need shortening: links, files, and text. It is a self-hosted alternative to many popular services like paste bin and using dropbox to send a file to someone quickly.

The Go backend handles saving files, links, and text in DB and filesystem as needed, while the Vue UI provides a pretty view for you to add and review content. Added bonus, it tracks hit counts too!

Deployment

The whole backend packages to a single binary, and I bundled the app as a docker container based on alpine favored for its tiny size. To run this yourself, execute the command below.

docker run -d \
    -p 8080:8080 \
    -v ${PWD}/shortpaste/:/root/.shortpaste \
    adyanth/shortpaste:latest

The command will publish the application on port 8080, making it available on http://localhost:8080/ and use the bind-mounted folder called shortpaste in your current working directory to save the SQLite DB, the files, and texts published.

If you prefer docker-compose, here is an example deployment.

Build it yourself

With docker, you can build this yourself. A Dockerfile is provided at the root of this repository.

It uses a multi-stage build consisting of three stages:

• Go Build : Builds a statically linked Go binary containing the backend API server and the static server.
• Vue Build : Builds the VueJS UI to generate a dist folder with resources.
• Container : Alpine container where the binary and dist are copied and served.

Environment Variables

You can customize the behavior using environment variables. Here is a list of configurable parameters.

Environment Variable	Default Value	Behaviour
SP_BIND_ADDR	":8080"	Sets the bind-address inside the container.
PORT		If set, it overrides the SP_BIND_ADDR to use the given port on all interfaces (support for Heroku deployment)
SP_STORAGE_PATH	"~/.shortpaste"	Sets the location for saving data inside the container.
SP_307_REDIRECT		Setting this to anything causes a 307 redirect to be sent instead of showing the landing page for shortened links.
SP_USERNAME	admin	Sets the username to login to the UI (only applies to creating resources, links will still work fine)
SP_PASSWORD	admin	Sets the password to login to the UI (only applies to creating resources, links will still work fine)
SP_NOAUTH		Setting this to anything bypasses authentication for creating resources.

Screenshots

Here are some screenshots to get a taste of it, see the demo for more :)

Type	Create	View
Links
Text
Files