Paste It! - Decentralized Pastebin Alternative

Live Demo

Paste It! is a secure, decentralized pastebin alternative that allows you to create, encrypt, and share text pastes quickly and easily. Built as a static web app using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, it leverages the Walrus network for distributed storage of paste data.

Live Examples

• Live Demo: https://paste.natsai.xyz
• Sample Paste: Example Paste

Features

• Decentralized Storage: Utilizes Walrus's publisher and aggregator to store paste data on a decentralized network.
• Client-Side Encryption: Optionally protect your paste with a password using PBKDF2 and AES-GCM, ensuring that only users with the password can decrypt the content.
• Syntax Highlighting: Supports syntax highlighting for popular programming languages using Prism.
• Responsive & Lightweight: Built entirely with static files (HTML, CSS, and JavaScript) for fast load times and easy hosting.
• No Backend Required: Runs completely on the client side, making it simple to deploy on platforms like GitHub Pages or Cloudflare Pages.

How It Works

1. Creating a Paste:
   Enter your paste content, title, select an expiration, choose syntax highlighting, and optionally protect your paste with a password. Your data is encrypted (if a password is provided) before being sent to Walrus via an HTTP PUT request.

2. Viewing a Paste:
   When someone accesses a paste URL (e.g., https://paste.natsai.xyz/#yourBlobId), the app fetches the data from Walrus. If the paste is password protected, the user is prompted to enter the password for decryption.

3. Decentralized and Secure:
   By leveraging Walrus, Paste It! removes the need for a centralized server. Data is stored on a decentralized network, and encryption is performed entirely on the client side.

Installation

To run this project locally:

1. Clone the Repository:

   git clone https://github.com/natsaixyz/paste-it.git
   cd paste-it
   
   

Custom Configuration

This project uses a configuration file, config.js, to store important settings such as the publisher and aggregator URLs. By default, these are set to:

• Publisher: https://walrus-testnet-publisher.natsai.xyz
• Aggregator: https://walrus-testnet-aggregator.natsai.xyz

If you'd like to use your own endpoints or choose from one of the public endpoints provided by Walrus, simply update the values in config.js. For a list of available public aggregators, see the Walrus Web API Documentation.

This makes it easy to customize the backend services without modifying the rest of the application code.