Local Installation

Installation Steps

Get started with Zingat in minutes:

Install Rust

Install Rust using rustup

curl --proto "=https" --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh

Clone Repository

Clone the Zingat repository

git clone https://github.com/nihalxkumar/zingat
cd zingat

Setup Database

Install SQLx and setup database

cargo install sqlx-cli
sqlx database setup

Default database is SQLite (sqlite:data.db) but you can use any database. See the Other Databases guide.

cargo run --bin httpd

cargo run --bin clipclient

Command-line paste creation and management. See CLI Client for details.

Prefer the CLI for quick workflows and scripts; use the web UI for occasional pastes.

For production deployments, see the Deployment Guide for detailed configuration options.