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Life & fun · July 25, 2020

Textdb.dev – simple data sharing for fun projects

Textdb.dev – simple data sharing for fun projects launched on July 25, 2020 with 200 votes, #118 of 4,305 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 6 years on.

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Textdb.dev is a data sharing platform launched in 2020 for casual projects. It allows users to store and share data in a simple, straightforward way without complex setup or technical requirements. The service is designed for people working on fun, informal projects who need an easy method to manage and exchange data. It targets hobbyists and developers looking for lightweight data storage solutions outside of traditional database systems.

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Textdb should respect your headers, say if you do -H "accept: application/json" it will return json. Likewise, if you do -H "content-type: application/json" when posting, it will validate the json. If you have the data open on your browser, it should live update on writes. Yes, anyone with the link can edit the data. We also just introduced Read Only links, visible in your data link. The source code is at https://github.com/bontaq/textdb if you'd like to check it out. If you would like something, or something is broken, please contact me atfrom textdb.dev

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