Opengist
Pastebin powered by Git.
Description from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Still maintained? Yes: 24 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v1.15.3 (Oct 2026).
Also an alternative to Pastebin.
At a glance
Opengist quick facts
- Health score
- 87/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 3,406
- Last commit
- 3 days ago (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- v1.15.3, Oct 2026
- Licence
- AGPL-3.0
Top alternatives to Opengist
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In its own words
The project's README opens: "Opengist is a self-hosted Pastebin powered by Git. All snippets are stored in a Git repository and can be read and/or modified using standard Git commands, or with the web interface. It is similar to GitHub Gist, but open-source and could be self-hosted."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
Opengist scores 87/100, #11 of 25 in Pastebins: 24 commits in the last 90 days earn 28.0 of 35 points, the latest release (v1.15.3, 9 days ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 3,406 stars add 14.1 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 commit activity, worth 7.0 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity biggest shortfall 28.0 / 35
24 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
v1.15.3 released 9 days ago
- Stars 14.1 / 20
3.4k 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
- 24
- Last 90 days
- 195
- Last 12 months
- 3 days ago
- Last push
Ranked #11 of 25 tools in Pastebins by health , between snowshare (#10) and Snipo (#12) .
Details
| Licence | AGPL-3.0 |
| Platforms | Docker, Go, Nodejs |
| Latest release | v1.15.3 · 9 days ago |
| Stars | 3,406 |
| Open issues | 51 |
| Docker | Yes |
| Repository | thomiceli/opengist ↗ |
Opengist vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a comparison page or a category with Opengist (Pastebins), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ByteStash | 94 | 2.6k | GPL-3.0 | 2 days ago |
| Wastebin | 92 | 881 | MIT | 10 days ago |
| paaster | 91 | 568 | AGPL-3.0 | 4 days ago |
| Opengist (this tool) | 87 | 3.4k | AGPL-3.0 | 3 days ago |
| PrivateBin | 86 | 8.7k | Zlib | yesterday |
| dpaste | 31 | 643 | MIT | yesterday |
Opengist: common questions
What does Opengist replace?
Repoly lists Opengist as an open-source alternative to Pastebin. Each comparison page ranks every alternative by the same health score, so you can see where Opengist stands against the others.
Is Opengist still maintained?
Opengist had 24 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was 3 days ago; the latest tagged release, v1.15.3, is from 9 days ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.
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