fen 01f177a5ee Fix #213-ui: /new horizontal overflow at ~800px viewports
The .deck grid used '1fr 300px'; the 1fr editor column could not shrink
below its min-content, expanding the grid to ~1000px at 800px viewports
and pushing .pane-r to right=980 (document.scrollWidth 980 vs
innerWidth 800). Use minmax(0, 1fr) so the editor column can shrink;
the editor itself already clips/scrolls its own content.

Verified with a CDP overflow probe at 800x600, 375x812, 1400x900 and
700x600: scrollWidth == innerWidth at all four.
2026-10-16 16:51:36 -05:00

Palette

Palette is a fast, self-hosted pastebin. One Go binary, a SQLite database, and a web UI for sharing text and small files.

Note

✨ This project was built by AI — GLM 5.3 Flash on the Hermes Agent harness, with a human in the loop.

Features

  • Text pastes and cans (multiple items in one share)
  • File attachments (one file per paste, up to 25 MB)
  • Password protected pastes
  • Expire after a specified time
  • Burn after a number of views
  • Custom URLs
  • Syntax highlighting with language auto-detection (go-enry)
  • Public paste listing with search, sort and pagination
  • Cookie based saved pastes and settings
  • Five base themes (midnight, smooth, pastel-lavender, pastel-peach, pastel-cloud), each with a dark and light variant
  • Dark mode toggle in the topbar and settings, with a configurable default
  • Polished code viewer: line-number gutter sized to the widest number and pinned during horizontal scroll, optional line wrap, jump-to-top/bottom buttons, and theme-aware scrollbars

Screenshots

Editor in midnight (dark) Paste view in pastel-peach (light)
Public pastes list Settings and theme picker

Get Started

Docker

docker run -p 8080:8080 -v palette-data:/data git.archfox.org/poslop/palette

The SQLite database lives in the /data volume inside the container.

Docker Compose

See docker-compose.yml for a ready-to-use example with every environment variable documented, including which are required (only the /data volume) and which are optional.

Build from source

Requires Go 1.27+.

go build -o palette ./cmd/palette
./palette
# open http://localhost:8080

Configuration

Setting Default Description
PALETTE_ADDR :8080 Listen address
PALETTE_DB palette.db SQLite database path
PALETTE_MAX_TEXT 5242880 Max paste size in bytes (5 MB)
PALETTE_MAX_ITEM 26214400 Max can item / file attachment size in bytes (25 MB)
PALETTE_ADMIN_KEY generated Admin key; if unset a 32-char hex key is generated and persisted to <db-dir>/admin-key (0600)
PALETTE_DEFAULT_DARK dark on Default dark mode for new visitors. Set false, 0, or off to default to light mode. Visitors who toggle dark mode keep their choice in their browser.
PALETTE_UNLOCK_SECRET random per start HMAC secret for password-unlock cookies. Set a fixed value to keep unlock sessions across restarts or across replicas.

An /admin page exists for runtime settings, protected by a key set at install (PALETTE_ADMIN_KEY env var) and resettable locally. See API and the design docs in the wiki for details.

API

Full REST API: wiki/API. One example:

curl -X POST http://localhost:8080/api/pastes -d '{"content":"hello"}'

Design docs: wiki/design (e2e encryption, attachments & storage, cookie preferences).

License

Palette is licensed under the GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 (AGPL-3.0-only). See LICENSE.

The software is provided AS IS, without warranty of any kind, express or implied, including merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. In no event shall the authors be liable for any claim, damages, or other liability, including without limitation any security vulnerabilities, data loss, or legal issues arising from use of the software. You use it at your own risk.

If you run a modified version of Palette as a network service, the AGPL requires you to offer your modified source code to its users.

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Fast self-hosted pastebin with small file support
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