OpenSnippet: Zero-Friction Self-Hosted Private Code Playground

I built Snippy — a self-hostable CodePen alternative (Docker Compose)

You need to not be using dev keys for your auth if you hope anyone will use this at all. Requiring login just to try it is also going to be a huge friction point. That and missed details on dark-mode support (the vast majority of devs use it, per the last analytics I saw). Without being able to try it, my #1 question or comment would be that to me the value of Codepen (or its 27 alternatives) is its public URL and simple, 2-second sharing. Self-hosting could be appealing to some folks who value privacy, especially since you MIT-licensed this (kudos), but I feel that's a shorter list than the folks who want convenience. Until you can address the auth flow issues in your demo, I'd suggest posting several screenshots here and to your repo so folks can see it. There are so many of these out there that some choose them just for aesthetics as much as anything else... Also, if you want to know a "hidden pain" not a lot of folks talk about, it's embedding. These tools mostly get used for sharing code publicly like if you're making a Reddit or S/O post. But a secondary high-value use is being able to have some sample code in a company's SDK docs or developer center to illustrate how their product/platform should be used. People will pay for that, but what unlocks that door is absolutely nailing the UX. It has to fit in an IFRAME, which is already a challenge (think lots of collapsing elements like sidebars) and somehow has to look both generic and nicely styled at the same time (Stripe's docs look very different from Microsoft's), OR have custom theming that's painless to use. Not saying you should do this - it could be a terrible idea. Just throwing it out there. I'd use that if I had it. https://preview.redd.it/onwxs89d4zih1.png?width=918&format=png&auto=webp&s=176699aed66a4404dc4cc6718a45bee83893a53e

You need to not be using dev keys for your auth if you hope anyone will use this at all. Requiring login just to try it is also going to be a huge friction point. That and missed details on dark-mode support (the vast majority of devs use it, per the last analytics I saw). Without being able to try it, my #1 question or comment would be that to me the value of Codepen (or its 27 alternatives) is its public URL and simple, 2-second sharing. Self-hosting could be appealing to some folks who value privacy, especially since you MIT-licensed this (kudos), but I feel that's a shorter list than the folks who want convenience. Until you can address the auth flow issues in your demo, I'd suggest posting several screenshots here and to your repo so folks can see it. There are so many of these out there that some choose them just for aesthetics as much as anything else... Also, if you want to know a "hidden pain" not a lot of folks talk about, it's embedding. These tools mostly get used for sharing code publicly like if you're making a Reddit or S/O post. But a secondary high-value use is being able to have some sample code in a company's SDK docs or developer center to illustrate how their product/platform should be used. People will pay for that, but what unlocks that door is absolutely nailing the UX. It has to fit in an IFRAME, which is already a challenge (think lots of collapsing elements like sidebars) and somehow has to look both generic and nicely styled at the same time (Stripe's docs look very different from Microsoft's), OR have custom theming that's painless to use. Not saying you should do this - it could be a terrible idea. Just throwing it out there. I'd use that if I had it. https://preview.redd.it/onwxs89d4zih1.png?width=918&format=png&auto=webp&s=176699aed66a4404dc4cc6718a45bee83893a53e