Text Share
Share a block of text or code with a short link — no sign-up.
What is Text Share?
Text Share is a quick way to share a block of text or code with someone else, the same idea as a classic pastebin-style tool: paste your content, choose how long it should stick around, and get back a short link that opens a read-only page showing exactly what you pasted. It's the simplest possible alternative to emailing a text file back and forth or pasting a huge error log directly into a chat message — send the link instead, and anyone who opens it sees the full content formatted in a monospace block with a one-click copy button. Unlike most of the tools on this site, a shared text is stored on the server rather than processed only in your browser, because the whole point is for someone else, on a different device, to be able to open the link later.
How to Use Text Share
- Paste or type your text or code into the content box.
- Optionally pick a language label so readers know what they're looking at (this doesn't run or execute anything — it's just a tag).
- Choose how long the share should stay available: 1 hour, 1 day, 1 week, or never.
- Click "Create share link" — a share panel appears with your link, a copy button, a scannable QR code, and the expiry.
- Copy the link (or share the QR code) and send it to whoever needs it. Opening the link shows a read-only page with a copy button of its own.
Examples
Sharing an error log
Input: A 40-line stack trace pasted with language set to "Plain text" and a 1-day expiry
Output: A short link like newkitapp.com/p/aB3xK9pQ that shows the full trace, unformatted, until it expires the next day
Sharing a code snippet
Input: A JavaScript function, language set to "JavaScript", expiry set to "Never"
Output: A permanent link colleagues can open any time to see the exact snippet, with a copy button to grab it verbatim
Common Mistakes
- Sharing passwords, API keys, or other secrets — the link isn't access-controlled, so anyone who gets hold of it can read the content.
- Picking a short expiry (like 1 hour) for something you'll need to reference later — once it expires it's gone for good.
- Expecting the language selector to add syntax coloring — it's a plain-text label, not a code renderer.
- Sharing the link over an insecure channel and assuming that makes the content itself private — its privacy is only as strong as the link's secrecy.
Why Use This Tool
- No sign-up, no dashboard, no account needed to create or read a share.
- Short, easy-to-share links generated instantly.
- Flexible expiry — from 1 hour up to permanent — so you control how long the content sticks around.
- One-click copy on the receiving end, so the reader can grab your exact text or code without manual selection.