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Bytebin — terminal pastepad

An amber terminal paste editor with a text-file aesthetic, character counter and reversible whitespace visualization.

LIVE PREVIEW Isolated & interactive
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<main>
  <header><b>BYTEBIN</b><span>/ a temporary home for text</span><small>LOCAL</small></header>
  <section class="terminal-title">
    <span>NEW BUFFER</span>
    <h1>untitled.txt</h1>
    <p>No noise. No ceremony. Just the text.</p>
  </section>
  <div class="editor-bar">
    <span>PLAIN TEXT · UTF-8</span><button id="change" aria-pressed="false">SHOW WHITESPACE</button>
  </div>
  <label class="sr-only" for="buffer">Text buffer</label
  ><textarea id="buffer" spellcheck="false" maxlength="12000">
# things worth remembering

  a small idea is still an idea
  a rough draft is still a draft
  a quiet day is still a day

write it down.</textarea>
  <pre id="spaces" hidden></pre>
  <div class="buffer-status">
    <span id="metrics"></span><span>ESCAPED TEXT / NEVER EXECUTED</span>
  </div>
  <aside>
    <b>01</b>
    <p>Type something. Inspect the spaces.<br />Everything stays in this demonstration.</p>
  </aside>
  <output data-status aria-live="polite"></output>
  <footer class="demo-note">Fictional brand · local interface demo · no information is sent</footer>
</main>
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v12026-10-05 18:26:30 UTC

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