Cloud share links with expiry

Summary

Share a screenshot or a recording with a link, without running your own storage. Upload from Snim, get a snim.dev link on your clipboard, and let it stop working after a while. For captures that should not outlive the conversation. This idea is still under consideration, so the details below may change.

What you will be able to do

• Pick Snim Cloud as an upload destination and upload in one click, with the share link landing on your clipboard.
• Let links expire after 30 days by default, or choose a shorter time.
• Send a clean share page that shows the image or plays the video, with a download button. Links show a preview when pasted into chat apps.
• Manage your uploads on snim.dev: copy a link, change when it expires, or delete a file at any time.
• Later: serve share links from your own domain, such as shots.example.com.

How it works

• Uploads belong to your snim.dev account, so you sign in with GitHub or email. You connect the app once with a personal upload token that you create, and can revoke, on snim.dev.
• Share links use long random addresses that cannot be guessed or listed.
• Snim Cloud accepts what Snim makes: PNG, JPEG, WebP and GIF images, and MP4 recordings.
• Expired and deleted files are removed for good.
• Your own S3, SFTP and FTP destinations stay exactly as they are, next to Snim Cloud.

Platforms

• Windows: The same Snim Cloud destination as everywhere.
• macOS: The same Snim Cloud destination as everywhere.
• Linux: The same Snim Cloud destination as everywhere, including the Flatpak.

Not in this version

• No anonymous uploads: every upload belongs to an account.
• No team accounts or shared folders.
• Share links on your own domain come after the first version.

Status

• Share pages, expiry and upload management on snim.dev
• Snim Cloud destination in the desktop app
• Share links on your own domain