paaster
End-to-end encrypted pastebin built with the objective of simplicity.
Description from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Still maintained? Yes: 152 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v3.6.2 (Oct 2026).
Comparisons in Pastebins: Pastebin alternatives.
At a glance
paaster quick facts
- Health score
- 91/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 568
- Last commit
- 4 days ago (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- v3.6.2, Oct 2026
- Licence
- AGPL-3.0
Top alternatives to paaster
In its own words
The project's README opens: "Paaster is a secure and user-friendly pastebin application that prioritizes privacy and simplicity. With end-to-end encryption and paste history, Paaster ensures that your pasted code remains confidential and accessible."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
paaster scores 91/100, #8 of 25 in Pastebins: 152 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (v3.6.2, 9 days ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 568 stars add 11.0 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 9.0 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
152 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
v3.6.2 released 9 days ago
- Stars biggest shortfall 11.0 / 20
568 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
- 152
- Last 90 days
- 461
- Last 12 months
- 4 days ago
- Last push
Ranked #8 of 25 tools in Pastebins by health , between 015 (#7) and 1time (#9) .
Details
| Licence | AGPL-3.0 |
| Platforms | Docker |
| Latest release | v3.6.2 · 9 days ago |
| Stars | 568 |
| Open issues | 3 |
| Docker | Yes |
| Repository | WardPearce/paaster ↗ |
paaster vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a category with paaster (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 (this tool) | 91 | 568 | AGPL-3.0 | 4 days ago |
| 1time | 88 | 82 | MIT | yesterday |
| Opengist | 87 | 3.4k | AGPL-3.0 | 3 days ago |
| PrivateBin | 86 | 8.7k | Zlib | yesterday |
paaster: common questions
Is paaster still maintained?
paaster had 152 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was 4 days ago; the latest tagged release, v3.6.2, is from 9 days ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.
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