Aukpad

Simple live collaboration notepad with websockets and FastAPI.

Issue tracker | Libera Chat #aukpad

• Status: Beta - expect minor changes.
• Instance/Demo: aukpad.com
• Inspired by:
  • Rustpad

The goal is to keep it simple! For feature-rich solutions are hedgedoc or codeMD.

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Features

Available:

• live collab notepad
• line numbers
• custom path for more privacy
• optional caching with valkey/redis
• pad creation with HTTP post requests with curl (see Usage)
• [pad_id]/raw HTTP endpoint

Ideas: Check out the open feature requests

Not planned:

• accounts / RBAC

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Usage

Creating pad with curl

curl -X POST -d "Cheers" https://aukpad.com/                  # string
curl -X POST https://aukpad.com --data-binary @- < file.txt   # file
ip -br a | curl -X POST https://aukpad.com --data-binary @-   # command output

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Installation

Environment Variables

The following environment variables can be configured:

Variable	Default	Description
USE_VALKEY	false	Enable Valkey/Redis caching. Set to true to enable
VALKEY_URL	redis://localhost:6379/0	Redis/Valkey connection URL
MAX_TEXT_SIZE	5	Maximum text size in MB (5MB default)
MAX_CONNECTIONS_PER_IP	10	Maximum concurrent connections per IP address
RETENTION_HOURS	48	How long to retain pads in hours (48 hours default)
DESCRIPTION	powered by aukpad.com	Instance description shown on info page

Running

WORK IN PROGRESS

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Security

For security concerns or reports, please contact via hello a t uphillsecurity d o t com gpg.

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Notes

• Github Mirror available

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License

Apache License

Version 2.0, January 2004

http://www.apache.org/licenses/

• ✅ Commercial use
• ✅ Modification
• ✅ Distribution
• ✅ Patent use
• ✅ Private use
• ✅ Limitations
• ❌Trademark use
• ❌Liability
• ❌Warranty