https://github.com/writeas/nerds

Simple telnet server for write.as
https://github.com/writeas/nerds

go pastebin-service telnet

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Simple telnet server for write.as

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/writeas/nerds
• Owner: writeas
• License: mit
• Created: 2015-02-03T03:40:46.000Z (over 10 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2019-01-08T11:19:16.000Z (over 6 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-04-09T02:12:52.244Z (6 months ago)
• Topics: go, pastebin-service, telnet
• Language: Go
• Homepage: http://nerds.write.as
• Size: 65.4 KB
• Stars: 12
• Watchers: 4
• Forks: 3
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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README

          
Write.as

========

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This is a simple telnet-based interface for publishing text. Users connect and paste / type what they want to publish. Upon indicating that they're finished, a link is generated to access their new post on the web.

![Write.as telnet server](https://github.com/writeas/nerds/raw/master/nerds.png)

## Try it

**Or not :(**. We had to [shut it down](https://twitter.com/writeas__/status/790356847526027264) because it was getting DDoSed too much. But you can still [run it yourself](#run-it-yourself).

```

telnet nerds.write.as

```

## Run it yourself

```

Usage:

  nerds [options]

Options:

  --debug

       Enables garrulous debug logging.

  -o   

       Directory where text files will be stored.

  -s

       Directory where required static files exist (like the banner).

  -h

       Hostname of the server to rsync saved files to.

  -p

       Port to listen on.

```

The default configuration (without any flags) is essentially:

```

nerds -o /var/write -s . -p 2323

```

## How it works

The user's input is simply written to a flat file in a given directory. To provide web access, a web server (sold separately) serves all files in this directory as `plain/text`. That's it!

## License

This project is licensed under the MIT open source license.