Hemmelig

Share encrypted secrets cross organizations, or as private persons.

Description from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Still maintained? No: the repository is archived, last push Oct 2026.

Also an alternative to Pastebin.

Archived Docker #14 of 25 in Pastebins

At a glance

Hemmelig quick facts

Health score: 82/100 GOOD
Stars: 1,245
Last commit: 25 days ago (Oct 2026)
Latest release: v7.6.1, Sep 2026
Licence: MIT

View HemmeligOrg/Hemmelig.app on GitHub ↗ Website ↗

Top alternatives to Hemmelig

Full rankings: Pastebin alternatives

In its own words

The project's README opens: "Share sensitive information securely with client-side encryption and self-destructing messages."

Why it ranks here

Health score explained

Hemmelig scores 82/100, #14 of 25 in Pastebins: 56 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (v7.6.1, 1 month ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 1,245 stars add 12.4 of 20, the archived flag removes 10 and Docker support adds the final 10. That places it in the good band (70 and above). The biggest shortfall is the archived flag, worth 10.0 more points.

Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.

Commit activity 35.0 / 35

56 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
Release recency 25.0 / 25

v7.6.1 released 1 month ago
Stars 12.4 / 20

1.2k stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
Not archived biggest shortfall 0.0 / 10

Repository is archived
Docker support 10.0 / 10

Docker image or Compose file available

Commit activity

56
Last 90 days: 363
Last 12 months: 25 days ago
Last push

Ranked #14 of 25 tools in Pastebins by health , between PrivateBin (#13) and rustypaste (#15) .

Details

Licence	MIT
Platforms	Docker, Nodejs
Latest release	v7.6.1 · 1 month ago
Stars	1,245
Open issues	0
Docker	Yes
Repository	HemmeligOrg/Hemmelig.app ↗

Visit website ↗ Source code ↗

Hemmelig vs its top 5 alternatives

Active tools that share a comparison page or a category with Hemmelig (Pastebins), scored on the same five terms.

Tool	Health	Stars	Licence	Last commit
ByteStash	94	2.6k	GPL-3.0	2 days ago
Yopass	94	3.2k	Apache-2.0	today
Opengist	87	3.4k	AGPL-3.0	3 days ago
PrivateBin	86	8.7k	Zlib	yesterday
Hemmelig (this tool)	82	1.2k	MIT	25 days ago
dpaste	31	643	MIT	yesterday

Hemmelig: common questions

What does Hemmelig replace?

Repoly lists Hemmelig as an open-source alternative to Pastebin. Each comparison page ranks every alternative by the same health score, so you can see where Hemmelig stands against the others.

Is Hemmelig still maintained?

The repository is archived, so no further development is expected. Its last push was 25 days ago.

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