🌐 Originless

Private, decentralized file sharing for Nostr and the web

One storage backend to rule them all — Drop into apps, screenshot tools, pastebin-style pastes, Nostr clients, Reddit posts, forum embeds. Durable, anonymous file hosting that keeps you private.

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🚀 Quick Start

docker run -d --restart unless-stopped --name originless \
  -p 3232:3232 \
  -p 4001:4001/tcp \
  -p 4001:4001/udp \
  -v originlessd:/data \
  -e STORAGE_MAX=200GB \
  ghcr.io/besoeasy/originless

Open http://localhost:3232

Public Gateways

Gateway	URL
besoeasy	https://originless.besoeasy.com/
gupt.app	https://originless.gupt.app/
0xchat	https://originless.0xchat.com/

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🌟 Use Cases

• 🌍 Decentralized Apps — Build your frontend and upload the dist folder to host your live DApp on IPFS
• 🖼️ Screenshot Tools — Anonymous image hosting for screenshots and screen recordings
• 📝 Pastebin Alternative — Decentralized paste and snippet sharing
• 💬 Nostr Clients — Media attachments for decentralized social apps
• 🎨 Portfolio Hosting — Permanent galleries and portfolios that survive link rot
• 📦 Package Distribution — Resilient software and asset distribution
• 🎵 Podcast Hosting — Decentralized RSS feed media hosting
• 💾 Backup Storage — Self-healing backup infrastructure

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🔄 How It Works

1. Upload — Files stream to your local IPFS node (unpinned by default)
2. Propagate — Content spreads via IPFS as peers request it
3. Self-Heal — If garbage collected, your node repopulates content when online

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🤝 Integrations

Platform	Description
0xchat	Private, decentralized Nostr chat
ZeroNote	Anonymous encrypted notes sharing
gupt.app	Private, anonymous file sharing

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⚙️ Configuration

Variable	Default	Description
STORAGE_MAX	200GB	Maximum storage limit for IPFS
PORT	3232	API server port

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🛠️ API Reference

Base URL: http://localhost:3232

POST /upload

Upload a single file.

curl -X POST -F "file=@yourfile.pdf" http://localhost:3232/upload

{
  "status": "success",
  "cid": "QmX...",
  "url": "https://dweb.link/ipfs/QmX...?filename=yourfile.pdf",
  "size": 12345,
  "type": "application/pdf",
  "filename": "yourfile.pdf"
}

POST /uploadzip

Upload a .zip archive. Originless extracts it and stores the entire folder to IPFS as a directory. Use this for static site and DApp deploys.

curl -X POST -F "file=@dist.zip" http://localhost:3232/uploadzip

{
  "status": "success",
  "cid": "QmX...",
  "url": "https://dweb.link/ipfs/QmX.../",
  "filename": "dist.zip",
  "fileCount": 12
}

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🤖 AI Agent Integration

Teach your agents (Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Claude, etc.) to use Originless — no API keys, no accounts, no configuration required. Just point them at a running instance.

Example Prompts

• "What's the current Bitcoin price? Create a beautiful index.html report and upload it to https://originless.besoeasy.com/upload so I can share it."
• "Generate a complex 3D fractal image, save it as a PNG, and upload it to my local Originless node at http://localhost:3232/upload."
• "Build a React Pomodoro timer app, zip the dist output, and publish it live to IPFS via https://originless.besoeasy.com/uploadzip."