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Ask HN: Open-Source Pastebin clone, what features would you want?

1 points by Igglyboo 12y ago

I'm creating an open-source pastebin clone right now for internal use at my company, we plan to open-source it once it's in a usable state. What I would like to know from HN is what features would you like to see in a pastebin clone? Expiry dates, syntax highlighting, user accounts, etc. The plan is to make this easily deployable by anyone who doesn't want to expose their possibly sensitive pastes to the internet, they can stand it up on their own servers.

27182818284 12y ago
Syntax highlighting and expiration dates. Honestly dpaste.de has pretty much everything I can imagine wanting.
amirouche 12y ago
- a code editor instead of a simple textarea - fork + diff over several generation - review comments and classic comments - tags to organize - markdown support - search engine
- Igglyboo 12y ago
  Great ideas. Not sure what you mean by a code editor vs textarea, could you elaborate on that one?
  - amirouche 12y ago
    Code mirror or ace editor or even atom if there is a standalone version.
dozzie 12y ago
I think you could look at LodgeIt (unofficial copy: https://github.com/ThiefMaster/lodgeit https://github.com/ThiefMaster/lodgeit) and clone most of its features.