pika-paste is a command-line pastebin utility.
It pipes text or an image (PNG, JPEG, GIF, or WebP) directly to paste.pika-os.com, making it a quick way to share logs, config files, command output, or screenshots — for example when asking for help in the PikaOS Discord or filing a bug report. By default, text pastes are prefixed with
pikafetchoutput (basic hardware/system info), which is useful for support requests since it gives context on your system without you needing to paste it separately.
pika-paste follows the following structure for commands
pika-paste [options]
--no-hwinfo Do not prepend pikafetch output
--language NAME Syntax language (default: log)
--password PASSWORD Protect paste with a password
--ttl-seconds SECONDS Expiry from 1 to 31536000 (default: 604800)
--kind text|image Override detected paste kind
--mime TYPE Override detected MIME type
-h, --help Show this help
pika-paste reads from standard input, so it's meant to be used at the end of a pipe:
<command> | pika-paste
On success, pika-paste prints the resulting paste URL as a link directly in your terminal (e.g.
https://paste.pika-os.com/...), which you can then copy and share.By default, pastes expire after 7 days (604800 seconds) unless you override it with
--ttl-seconds.
Paste command output (with hardware info, useful for support requests):
journalctl -b -1 -p err --no-pager | pika-paste
Paste a config file without hardware info:
cat ~/.config/hypr/hyprland.conf | pika-paste --no-hwinfo --language ini
Paste a screenshot:
pika-paste < screenshot.png
Example:
pika-paste < ~/Pictures/Screenshots/"Screenshot from 2026-08-07 14-24-10.png"
Paste something password-protected that expires in an hour:
cat secrets.log | pika-paste --password "hunter2" --ttl-seconds 3600
Example:
cat ~/Documents/secrets.log | pika-paste --password "hunter2" --ttl-seconds 3600