TinyBin

TinyBin is a modern, minimal, and ad-free pastebin for your notes and code.
Built with Node.js, Express, and MySQL.
Easily self-host with Docker!

✨ Features

• 📝 Create and share notes with unique URLs
• ⏳ Notes auto-expire after 24 hours or more
• ⚡ Fast and simple UI
• 🐳 Easy Docker Compose setup

🚀 Quick Start (Docker Compose)

1. Download docker-compose.yml

curl -O -L https://github.com/FoxyIsCoding/TinyBin/raw/refs/heads/main/docker-compose.yml

2. Start Everything with Docker Compose

docker-compose up

• This will:
  • Spin up a MySQL 8 database (with user/password: pastefox)
  • Build and run the PasteFox app (Node.js)
  • Automatically run DB migrations on startup

3. Visit PasteFox

Open http://localhost:3000 in your browser.

🐳 Docker Compose Details

• MySQL runs privately on port 3306, with data persisted in a Docker volume.
• PasteFox App runs publically on port 3000.
• Environment variables are set automatically for DB connection.

You can customize DB credentials in docker-compose.yml if needed.

🧩 Environment Variables

PasteFox uses these env vars (set automatically in Docker):

• DB_HOST, DB_PORT, DB_USER, DB_PASSWORD, DB_NAME
• WEB_PORT (default: 3000)

🗃️ Database Migration

On every start, PasteFox will auto-create the notes table and indexes if they don't exist.
No manual SQL needed!

❤️ Support

If you like this project, consider supporting me on Ko-fi!
Your support keeps PasteFox ad-free and open source.

📄 License

Apache License, Version 2.0

🔑 Credits

Huge thank you to Loudbook for design inspiration and Docker help. Huge thank you to Error for writing out a better backend structure and consulting on how to migrate to a more sophisticated stack. Couldnt have done it without him.