SharePad, Online Notepad with Shareable Link

A rich-text notepad that lives entirely in your URL bar. Type formatted notes, bold, lists, headings, links, and click Copy Link to share. The full document is compressed into the URL hash so anyone with the link sees exactly what you wrote. Auto-saved locally on your device, never uploaded.

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How to Use SharePad

1

Write or Import

Type your text or import a TXT, CSV, or DOCX file.

2

Share or Export

Click Copy Link to share or Download to save as a file.

3

Recipients Open & Read

Anyone with the link can open and read the document instantly.

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Share Notes Without Login or Storage

SharePad turns a quick note into a shareable link without an account. The text encodes into the URL itself, so anyone with the link reads exactly what you wrote, with autosave to your device for safety.

Used for meeting agendas, code snippets shared in chat, lecture notes, and quick recipes passed to family members.

Why Use SharePad?

Share via URL

Click Copy Link and the entire formatted document is compressed (LZ-string) and base64-encoded into the URL hash. Send the link to anyone, no signup, no account, no server storage. The URL itself contains the document. Recipients see the exact same formatted notes you wrote.

Rich Text Formatting

A rich-text editor with headings (H1-H4), bold, italic, underline, strikethrough, ordered and bulleted lists, blockquotes, code blocks, links, and text alignment. Pasted images are stripped automatically (so the URL stays short). The toolbar matches our theme so it never looks bolted on.

Import & Export

Import .docx files (headings, lists, and most formatting are preserved), .txt, and .csv. Export as plain .txt with one click, copy plain text, or copy a shareable link. Everything stays in your browser, files are read locally, never uploaded.

Auto-Save Locally

Every change auto-saves to your browser’s localStorage with a 500 ms debounce. Close the tab and come back later, your draft is restored. The footer shows live save state ("Saving…" → "Saved locally"). sanitiser sanitizes any HTML loaded from a shared link so malicious markup can never execute.

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about SharePad.

How does the URL share work?
Your document HTML is run through LZ-string compression and URL-safe base64 encoding, then placed in the URL hash (#abc123…). The hash never reaches the server, it is purely a browser construct, so even our hosting provider cannot read it. When someone opens the link, their browser decompresses the hash and renders the document. The whole pipeline is client-side.
Is there a length limit on the URL?
Browsers and most chat platforms accept URLs up to about 8000 characters. The editor is capped at 8000 characters of content, which after compression typically produces a URL well under that limit, even with heavy formatting. If you hit the cap the toolbar shows a warning.
Why are pasted images removed?
Images would be embedded as huge base64 blobs that explode the URL length. To keep links short and shareable everywhere, the clipboard handler strips IMG and PICTURE elements on paste. Use a regular image hosting service for image links, paste the URL, not the image itself, and SharePad will keep the link.
Is anything stored on a server?
No. Your text lives in two places only: your browser’s localStorage (auto-save, persistent until you click Clear or wipe browser storage), and the URL hash when you click Copy Link. Recipients receive only the hash, nothing flows through a server. There is also no analytics tracking on the editor itself.
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