Notipaste

Notipaste is a Notion-like block styled pastebin built using Next.js and Pocketbase.

Motivation

The main reason why I created Notipaste is because I want to learn more about Pocketbase.
But I don't want to create a project that won't be used, at least by me.
So I decided to create a pastebin, because I use pastebin a lot to share or save my code snippets.

About uptime

The database are hosted on my own PC.
I'll try my best to keep it online 24/7, but there will be some downtime for couple minutes if I need to restart my PC.
If the server down for more than 30 minutes, it probably because there is a power outage in my area. Please try again in couple hours.

Features

• Notion-like block styled editor
• Syntax highlighting (BUG: Syntax highlighting doesn't render correctly on read mode)
• Media support (Image, Video, and Embed)
• Light and dark theme
• Guest user
  • Create paste (Only lasts for 14 days)
  • Delete paste with provided token
  • Add image from URL
• Authenticated user
  • Create paste (Permanent)
  • Edit paste
  • Delete paste
  • Set paste visibility (Public, Private)
  • Protect paste with password
  • Set paste expiration (Never, 1 day, 7 days, 14 days, 30 days)
  • Upload image to paste (Max file size: 5 MB)

Future plans

• Fix the syntax highlighting (Still waiting from Yopta-Editor creator)
• Support for video / file upload?
  Note: I'm not sure if I want to support this, because I don't want to host a lot of files on my PC.
• Status page

Development / Self-hosting

Requirements

• Node.js 18.x or later
• Package manager (npm, yarn, pnpm, etc.)
• Pocketbase

Setup

1. Clone this repository
   git clone
2. Install dependencies
   npm install or yarn or pnpm install
3. Create .env.local file
   cp .env.local.example .env.local
4. Replace .env.local variables
5. Run Pocketbase server
   pocketbase serve
6. Import Pocketbase tables
7. Run development server
   npm run dev or yarn dev or pnpm dev

Environment variables

Variable name	Description
NEXT_PUBLIC_POCKETBASE_URL	Pocketbase API URL (Default localhost:8090)
POCKETBASE_EMAIL	Pocketbase Admin email
POCKETBASE_PASSWORD	Pocketbase Admin password
NEXT_PUBLIC_FACEBOOK_APP_ID	Facebook Application ID, for facebook share button
NEXT_PUBLIC_ENCRYPTION_KEY	Encryption key for encrypting paste password, must be 16 characters long
NEXT_PUBLIC_VERCEL_URL	Your deployment url, somehow vercel deployment can't access this.
VERCEL_URL	Vercel URL (Default localhost:3000 on dev, and generated deployment URL on Vercel)

Import Pocketbase schema

1. Go to Pocketbase admin page
   http://localhost:8090/admin
2. Login with your Pocketbase admin account
3. Open Settings page
4. Open Import collections menu
5. Click Load from JSON file button
6. Select pocketbase-schema.json file from db/schema.json directory

License

MIT