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Open source alternatives to Pastebin

We track 5 open-source Pastebin alternatives, of which 4 currently score 70 or above on Repoly's GitHub health scale and 4 ship a Docker image. Opengist leads on health at 94/100 with 49 commits in the last 90 days; across all 5 projects you are choosing between AGPL-3.0, GPL-3.0, MIT and 1 other licences.

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16k
Combined stars
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Showing 5 of 5 tools

All 5 Pastebin alternatives, ranked by health

  • Top pick · highest health

    Opengist

    94 GOOD

    Pastebin powered by Git.

    ★ 3.3k · ⟳ 15 days ago · v1.15.2 · AGPL-3.0

    DockerGoNodejs
    Website ↗ Source ↗

  • PrivateBin

    86 GOOD

    Minimalist pastebin/discussion board where the server has zero knowledge of hosted data.

    ★ 8.6k · ⟳ yesterday · 2.0.6 · Zlib

    PHP
    Website ↗ Source ↗

  • ByteStash

    78 GOOD

    Pastebin and file storage service with a simple web interface. Supports syntax highlighting, optional user authentication and public sharing.

    ★ 2.5k · ⟳ 1 months ago · v1.5.12 · GPL-3.0

    Docker
    Website ↗ Source ↗

  • Hemmelig

    76 GOOD

    Share encrypted secrets cross organizations, or as private persons.

    ★ 1.2k · ⟳ 11 days ago · v7.4.8 · MIT

    DockerNodejs
    Website ↗ Source ↗

  • dpaste

    31 STALE

    Simple pastebin with multiple text and code option, with short url result easy to remember.

    ★ 641 · ⟳ 28 days ago · v3.8 · MIT

    DockerPython
    Website ↗ Source ↗

Pastebin alternatives: common questions

What is the most maintained open source alternative to Pastebin?

Opengist scores highest at 94/100, with 49 commits in the last 90 days, 3.3k GitHub stars and its latest release (v1.15.2) published 15 days ago. PrivateBin has the most raw commit activity at 176 commits in 90 days.

Which Pastebin alternatives use a permissive licence?

3 of 5 are permissively licensed (MIT, Apache, BSD or similar): PrivateBin (Zlib), Hemmelig (MIT), dpaste (MIT). 2 use copyleft licences such as GPL or AGPL, which require you to publish changes if you distribute a modified version.

Which Pastebin alternatives run in Docker?

4 of 5 publish a Docker image or Compose file: Opengist, ByteStash, Hemmelig, dpaste. Docker support contributes 10 of the 100 available health points, because it is the clearest signal that self-hosting is a supported path rather than an afterthought.