Code Share

Share a code snippet or plain text through a short link, with a language label, an expiry from 1 hour to 30 days, and one-click copy. Ideal for bug reports, interviews and code reviews.

Built and maintained by Muhammad Tayyab — Founder, DevPik.

Title (optional)

Language

Expires

Code

Why Use Code Share?

Copy-pasting code into Slack or Discord often mangles indentation and breaks long lines, which makes the snippet hard for a reviewer to read. Code Share fixes that: you paste once, get a short time-boxed URL, and anyone you send it to sees the code with its formatting intact. It's the fastest way to get a second set of eyes on a bug, share a failing test case with support, or drop a snippet into a GitHub issue without creating a throwaway gist.

How to Use Code Share

Paste or type your code into the editor.
Select the language, optionally add a title, and choose how long the snippet should stay available: 1 hour, 24 hours, 7 days or 30 days (the default).
Click 'Share Code' to generate a unique shareable link.
Copy the link and share it with anyone. They see your code exactly as you pasted it, with a copy button.

Worked Examples

Sharing a failing test case

Input

function sum(a, b) {
  return a + b;
}

console.log(sum('1', 2)); // '12', should be 3

Output

A shareable URL like https://www.devpik.com/p/Xy9a2kQe that shows the code exactly as pasted, labelled JavaScript, with a copy button for anyone who opens it.

Use this when filing a bug or asking for help on forums.

Code review over a call

Input

SELECT u.id, u.email, COUNT(o.id) AS orders
FROM users u LEFT JOIN orders o
  ON o.user_id = u.id
GROUP BY u.id

Output

A link labelled SQL that keeps the indentation, so the reviewer can read it in the browser and copy it into their own editor with one click.

Short-lived snippet for a screen share

Input

// 24-hour expiry, language: TypeScript
export const API_URL = process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_API_URL!;

Output

A snippet URL that stops opening after 24 hours. Good for short-lived sharing like pair programming sessions.

About Code Share

Code Share is a simple, fast way to share code snippets with anyone. Paste your code, choose a language, and get a shareable link instantly. Your snippet is stored in DevPik's database (Supabase) and stops opening after the duration you choose, 30 days at most. Perfect for sharing code during pair programming, code reviews, bug reports, or quick collaborations. The hosted snippet keeps your indentation and line breaks exactly as pasted, so the recipient sees readable code regardless of where you copied it from. There's no setup on the receiver's end: they don't need an account, an extension, or a particular IDE. The clean short URL survives copy-paste through Slack, GitHub issues, and email without breaking on quote characters or line wraps.

Troubleshooting & Common Issues

The shared link shows "Not found" or "Expired"

Every snippet stops opening after the duration chosen when it was created (30 days by default, never longer), and its link then shows an expired page. If the snippet was never created (for example, the network dropped while submitting), there is nothing to open; paste the code again.

Indentation looks wrong in the rendered snippet

Mixed tabs and spaces are preserved exactly as pasted. If your source file uses tabs, the display width depends on the viewer's browser tab-width setting. For reliable display, normalize indentation to spaces before pasting (most editors can do this with a single command).

I see "You can create up to 10 snippets an hour"

Code Share limits each visitor to 10 new snippets an hour to keep it free of spam. Wait an hour, or put related code into one snippet.

Paste exceeds the size limit

Individual snippets are capped at 100KB. For larger files, split them into logical sections (one snippet per file or per function) and share multiple links, or use a dedicated gist/paste service designed for large uploads.

Frequently Asked Questions

How long are shared code snippets stored?

Snippets stay available for 30 days by default. You can choose a shorter time instead: 1 hour, 24 hours or 7 days. After that the link shows an expired page.

Is there a size limit for code snippets?

Snippets can be up to 100KB in size, which is more than enough for most code sharing needs.

Can I edit a shared snippet after creating it?

No, shared snippets are immutable once created. You can create a new snippet with the updated code. Immutability keeps shared links consistent — anyone who bookmarks or embeds the URL always sees exactly what was originally shared.

Which languages can I pick?

The language selector has 21 options: Plain text, JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, HTML, CSS, JSON, SQL, Bash, Go, Rust, Java, C, C++, PHP, Ruby, Swift, Kotlin, YAML, XML and Markdown. The language labels the snippet; the viewer shows the code as plain monospaced text, without colour highlighting.

Are the snippets private or indexable by search engines?

Snippet pages are unlisted: they're not linked from the DevPik sitemap and not crawled by search engines. However, anyone with the short URL can view the content, so don't share secrets, API keys, or private customer data through Code Share. Use a proper secret-sharing tool for that. If you find a snippet that should not be here, use the Report this snippet link on its page.

Can I embed a shared snippet into my site or a Slack message?

Paste the short URL into Slack, Discord or most rich-text platforms and it becomes a clickable link. Embedding the snippet inside another web page is not supported.

How is Code Share different from a regular paste site?

Code Share is built for quick, in-flow sharing rather than long-term hosting: no account, a short link, and an expiry of 30 days at most. It sits next to DevPik's other developer tools, so you can format JSON or convert Markdown in one tab and share the result from another.

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