Login: `demo`; Password: `demo`
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## Features
+Shaarli can be used:
+
+- to share, comment and save interesting links and news.
+- to bookmark useful/frequent personal links (as private links) and share them between computers.
+- as a minimal blog/microblog/writing platform (no character limit).
+- as a read-it-later list (for example items tagged `readlater`).
+- to draft and save articles/posts/ideas.
+- to keep code snippets.
+- to keep notes and documentation.
+- as a shared clipboard/notepad/pastebin between machines.
+- as a todo list.
+- to store playlists (e.g. with the `music` or `video` tags).
+- to keep extracts/comments from webpages that may disappear.
+- to keep track of ongoing discussions (for example items tagged `discussion`).
+- [to feed RSS aggregators](http://shaarli.chassegnouf.net/?9Efeiw) (planets) with specific tags.
+- to feed other social networks, blogs... using RSS feeds and external services (dlvr.it, ifttt.com ...).
+
### Interface
- minimalist design (simple is beautiful)
- FAST
See the [API documentation](http://shaarli.github.io/api-documentation/).
-### Other usages
-Though Shaarli is primarily a bookmarking application, it can serve other purposes
-(see [Features](Features)):
-
-- micro-blogging
-- pastebin
-- online notepad
-- snippet archive
+### Using Shaarli as a blog, notepad, pastebin...
+- Go to your Shaarli setup and log in
+- Click the `Add Link` button
+- To share text only, do not enter any URL in the corresponding input field and click `Add Link`
+- Pick a title and enter your article, or note, in the description field; add a few tags; optionally check `Private` then click `Save`
+- Voilà! Your article is now published (privately if you selected that option) and accessible using its permalink.
## About
### Shaarli community fork
projects / github / shaarli / Shaarli.git / blobdiff