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Password Pusher

Dead-simple application to securely communicate passwords (or text) over the web. Passwords automatically expire after a certain number of views and/or time has passed.

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Still maintained? Yes: 320 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v2.17.0 (Oct 2026).

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Docker #4 of 25 in Pastebins

At a glance

Password Pusher quick facts

Health score
94/100 GOOD
Stars
3,238
Last commit
today (Oct 2026)
Latest release
v2.17.0, Oct 2026
Licence
Apache-2.0

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In its own words

The project's README opens: "Share passwords, text, files & URLs securely with self-deleting links and full audit logs."

Why it ranks here

Health score explained

Password Pusher scores 94/100, #4 of 25 in Pastebins: 320 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (v2.17.0, 2 days ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 3,238 stars add 14.0 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 6.0 more points.

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

  • Commit activity 35.0 / 35

    320 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)

  • Release recency 25.0 / 25

    v2.17.0 released 2 days ago

  • Stars biggest shortfall 14.0 / 20

    3.2k 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

1158 commits over the last 12 months
320
Last 90 days
1,158
Last 12 months
today
Last push

Ranked #4 of 25 tools in Pastebins by health , between ByteStash (#3) and Yopass (#5) .

Details

LicenceApache-2.0
PlatformsDocker, K8S, Ruby
Latest releasev2.17.0 · 2 days ago
Stars3,238
Open issues95
DockerYes
Repositorypglombardo/PasswordPusher ↗

Password Pusher vs its top 5 alternatives

Active tools that share a category with Password Pusher (Pastebins), scored on the same five terms.

Tool Health Stars Licence Last commit
Karakeep 98 30k AGPL-3.0 yesterday
SilverBullet 95 6.4k MIT today
ByteStash 94 2.6k GPL-3.0 2 days ago
Password Pusher (this tool) 94 3.2k Apache-2.0 today
Yopass 94 3.2k Apache-2.0 today
1time 88 82 MIT yesterday

Password Pusher: common questions

Is Password Pusher still maintained?

Password Pusher had 320 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was today; the latest tagged release, v2.17.0, is from 2 days ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.