ByteStash
Pastebin and file storage service with a simple web interface. Supports syntax highlighting, optional user authentication and public sharing.
Description from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Still maintained? Yes: 34 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v1.6.0 (Oct 2026).
Also an alternative to Pastebin.
At a glance
ByteStash quick facts
- Health score
- 94/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 2,569
- Last commit
- 2 days ago (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- v1.6.0, Oct 2026
- Licence
- GPL-3.0
Top alternatives to ByteStash
Full rankings: Pastebin alternatives
In its own words
The project's README opens: "ByteStash is a self-hosted web application designed to store, organise, and manage your code snippets efficiently. With support for creating, editing, and filtering snippets, ByteStash helps you keep track of your code in one secure place."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
ByteStash scores 94/100, #3 of 25 in Pastebins: 34 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (v1.6.0, 14 days ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 2,569 stars add 13.6 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and Docker support adds the final 10. That places it in the good band (70 and above). The biggest shortfall is star count, worth 6.4 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
Health over time
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
34 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
v1.6.0 released 14 days ago
- Stars biggest shortfall 13.6 / 20
2.6k stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support 10.0 / 10
Docker image or Compose file available
Commit activity
- 34
- Last 90 days
- 80
- Last 12 months
- 2 days ago
- Last push
Ranked #3 of 25 tools in Pastebins by health , between SilverBullet (#2) and Password Pusher (#4) .
Details
| Licence | GPL-3.0 |
| Platforms | Docker |
| Latest release | v1.6.0 · 14 days ago |
| Stars | 2,569 |
| Open issues | 56 |
| Docker | Yes |
| Repository | jordan-dalby/ByteStash ↗ |
ByteStash vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a comparison page or a category with ByteStash (Pastebins), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ByteStash (this tool) | 94 | 2.6k | GPL-3.0 | 2 days ago |
| Opengist | 87 | 3.4k | AGPL-3.0 | 3 days ago |
| PrivateBin | 86 | 8.7k | Zlib | yesterday |
| Pastefy | 56 | 462 | MIT | 5 months ago |
| Chiyogami | 53 | 82 | BSD-3-Clause | 3 months ago |
| dpaste | 31 | 643 | MIT | yesterday |
ByteStash: common questions
What does ByteStash replace?
Repoly lists ByteStash as an open-source alternative to Pastebin. Each comparison page ranks every alternative by the same health score, so you can see where ByteStash stands against the others.
Is ByteStash still maintained?
ByteStash had 34 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was 2 days ago; the latest tagged release, v1.6.0, is from 14 days ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.
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