hostthis - pipe a rendered file in, get a public URL out. No signup, no app.

cat file | ssh hostthis.dev [--name label] [--type html|markdown]
cat file | ssh hostthis.dev slug            # update an existing paste
ssh hostthis.dev command [args]
ssh hostthis.dev                            # show help

Publishes HTML or Markdown for 7 days at a random subdomain. One ssh pipe, no signup, no install. Useful when you want a shareable URL for a one-off HTML mock, a Markdown writeup, or anything you need a teammate or LLM to load in a browser without spinning up a deploy. Identity is your ssh public key: anyone with a different key can read the URL but can’t update, rename, pin, or delete the paste.

cat file | ssh hostthis.dev [--name label]

upload

cat file | ssh hostthis.dev slug

replace slug’s content; resets the 7-day clock

ssh hostthis.dev list

active pastes, soonest to expire first

ssh hostthis.dev show slug

print content to stdout

ssh hostthis.dev rename slug label

set label; empty string clears

ssh hostthis.dev versions slug

list versions

ssh hostthis.dev pin slug ver

stick the URL to ver; survives future updates

ssh hostthis.dev unpin slug

clear the pin; URL serves the latest version

ssh hostthis.dev delete slug

wipe the entire paste; permanent

ssh hostthis.dev delete slug ver

free one version’s bytes; keeps the history row as a tombstone

ssh hostthis.dev whoami

identity, active count, and quota usage

# upload, get a URL on stdout
cat index.html | ssh hostthis.dev

# upload with an owner-only label visible in `list`
cat notes.md | ssh hostthis.dev --name "alpha notes"

# update an existing paste (same URL, new bytes; bumps to v2, v3, ...)
cat v2.html | ssh hostthis.dev abc12345

# force content type when sniffing gets it wrong
cat tricky.html | ssh hostthis.dev --type html

# see your active pastes, plus your current quota usage
ssh hostthis.dev list
ssh hostthis.dev whoami

# walk a paste's version history
ssh hostthis.dev versions abc12345

# read content back (owner only)
ssh hostthis.dev show abc12345

# stick the URL on v1 even though v3 is the latest
ssh hostthis.dev pin abc12345 1
ssh hostthis.dev unpin abc12345

# free one version's bytes; the history row stays as a tombstone
ssh hostthis.dev delete abc12345 2

# delete the paste entirely
ssh hostthis.dev delete abc12345

# set or clear the owner label
ssh hostthis.dev rename abc12345 "new label"
ssh hostthis.dev rename abc12345 ""

10 MiB per identity, counting post-compression bytes across every active version of every active paste. Highly redundant text compresses 5-10x under zstd, so the real ceiling on raw payload is typically 50-100 MiB of text.

HTML and Markdown only. 7-day retention from the last update.

Source: github.com/Zamua/hostthis