The Pain Point 😩
We’ve all been there. You write an awesome tutorial on Dev.to, a perfect README.md for your GitHub repo, or a personal blog post. Six months later, you check back, and half of your images are broken 404 icons.
Many free image hosts either silently delete your files after a few months, block hotlinking, or force you through a paywall just to get a direct image URL.
The Solution 🛠️
I got tired of managing cloud buckets just to host a few screenshots. So, I built Mini-Tools Secure Image Hosting. It’s a dead-simple, privacy-first image host designed specifically for developers and technical writers.
Why you might love it:
💾 Permanent Storage: Once you upload it, it stays there. No silent deletions. Your blog posts will look good years from now.
🔗 Permanent Direct Hotlinks: You get a clean, standard HTTPS direct link. Perfect for 
🆓 100% Free & No Login: No account required. Just drag, drop, and copy the link.
🔥 Burn-After-Reading Mode: Sharing an error log or a sensitive API screenshot with a colleague? You can set the image to auto-destruct after 1, 7, or 30 days.
Under the Hood ⚙️
It’s built with a focus on speed and privacy. The UI is clean, ad-free, and powered by Cloudflare's global edge network for instant image delivery anywhere in the world.
I built this to solve my own headache, but I’d love for the community to use it.
Try it out here: https://mini-tools.uk
Let me know what you think in the comments! Any feedback or feature requests are highly appreciated. 👇
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