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200 supporters!

It took us 16 months to get 100 supporters on Patreon, and then it took us 6 weeks to get to 200. Thank you all for your support!

2021-11-29 11:00:27 +0000 UTC View Post

Gallery editor

You can now edit albums through the gallery view on pixeldrain. The only feature left to do here is adding files to the album. That will be added next week.

Bandwidth accounting is live

You can see how much data you have left on your user page: https://pixeldrain.com/user 

And on the subscription page y...

Bandwidth accounting

Hello lovely Patrons,

I already alluded to this on twitter, but there are going to be some changes in how bandwidth is counted. Currently all subscriptions provide downloaders with high speed...

New feature: Bulk download from file manager

Can you help me improve pixeldrain?

If  you have any ideas for improving pixeldrain I would love to hear it!  I'm especially looking for features you would be willing to pay a little  bit for.

Let's have a good o...

Pixeldrain's web interface is now open source

This allows anyone to see how it works and make improvements to the website. The API (the part which actually handles all the data) still remains closed for now. Maybe I'll open that up later.

Video player disabled for non-supporters

It has finally come to this. I have been debating whether disabling the video player is worth the loss of potential new users, but today I have decided to just try it.

2021-10-18 15:09:06 +0000 UTC View Post

Thank you for 100 supporters!

Managing API keys

Pixeldrain now has a page where you can manage your API keys: https://pixeldrain.com/user/api_keys. On this page you can...

Four new subscription types

I noticed that some people were getting pretty close to their subscription limits. I have added 4 new subscription types to give everyone more room to grow. Check it out :-)

2021-09-20 10:12:59 +0000 UTC View Post

Storage limits

Hello patrons, I may have to start adding a storage limit to accounts soon. It has come to my attention that some people upload A LOT of stuff to their pixeldrain accounts (like ev...

Directly linking to files

Hey people. I'm working on a system for bandwidth accounting so I can allow you to directly embed files in your websites / apps or wherever. The idea is that every registered pixeldrain user gets a...

QR codes for sharing files

Pixeldrain now has a QR code button on the home page and on the file viewer. You can use this to generate a code for any file you want to share. Other people can scan the code with their camera and...

New uploader

Hello patrons,

I have completely rewritten the home page uploader. It's now using the Svelte framework.

New features include upload time estimation, upload rate and better error handlin...

File embedding is now supported!

There is now an Embed button on the file viewer which you can use to embed pixeldrain files on your own...

Home page improvements

Today I made some small improvements to the home page.

You can now paste images from your clipboard to upload them. I also added keyboard shortcuts for all the buttons. The keys used to activ...

Apps page and custom ShareX uploader

Hello!

There is now an apps page where I will post client applications written for pixeldrain. There is already a custom uploader for ShareX which will allow you to upload screenshots and fil...

Subscription updates

Hello lovely patrons. This month I'm going to be working on pixeldrain's subscription options. The €2 plan will be renamed to Pixeldrain Pro, and this is the only one which will be advertised on ...

File manager update

Ads disabled on €2 tier

Hello,

I have installed some new advertisements because I did not have enough funding to pay for the servers. The new ads are more distracting than the previous ones, so I have now disabled a...

New text editor

The text upload page has been updated with a (hopefully) more modern look!

Some icon and alignmen...

Automatically activating subscriptions

I finally managed to automate the process of activating subscriptions on pixeldrain through Patreon. Patreon's API is pretty terrible and also barely documented so this was a lot of work.

If ...

Account statistics and new €4 tier

Hello!

I just finished adding the code which will keep track of the views, downloads, and bandwidth usage of the files you upload with your pixeldrain account. Downloads and bandwidth are now...

Direct linking of files

Hello wonderful supporters. I'm working on direct file linking for Patreon supporters. With this feature you will be able to link / embed files directly without going through the file viewer.

All benefits have been implemented

Hello patrons!

I have finished implementing the subscription-based file expiry times. This means that tier 2 supporters  have files expire 2 months after the last time a file is viewed, ...

The first features have been activated

Hello Patrons! I have just activated the support tiers in your pixeldrain accounts. On your user profile you can see what features are currently active.

Ads on your files have been disabled. ...

Welcome to my patreon page!

Hello. This will be the official place for supporting pixeldrain's development.

The benefits listed on the support tiers are not implemented yet! I'm currently working on this. If you become ...