Pastefy
Beautiful, simple and easy to deploy Pastebin with optional client encryption, multitab pastes, an API, a highlighted editor and more.
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Still maintained? Partly: no commits in 90 days, but 7.2.6 shipped in Jun 2026.
Comparisons in Pastebins: Pastebin alternatives.
At a glance
Pastefy quick facts
- Health score
- 56/100 SLOWING
- Stars
- 462
- Last commit
- 5 months ago (Jun 2026)
- Latest release
- 7.2.6, Jun 2026
- Licence
- MIT
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In its own words
The project's README opens: "Pastefy is an open source alternative to Gists or Pastebin."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
Pastefy scores 56/100, #18 of 25 in Pastebins: 0 commits in the last 90 days earn 0.0 of 35 points, the latest release (7.2.6, 5 months ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 462 stars add 10.7 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and Docker support adds the final 10. That places it in the slowing band (40 to 69). The biggest shortfall is commit activity, worth 35.0 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity biggest shortfall 0.0 / 35
0 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
7.2.6 released 5 months ago
- Stars 10.7 / 20
462 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
- 0
- Last 90 days
- 52
- Last 12 months
- 5 months ago
- Last push
Ranked #18 of 25 tools in Pastebins by health , between BinPastes (#17) and Chiyogami (#19) .
Details
| Licence | MIT |
| Platforms | Docker, K8S, Java |
| Latest release | 7.2.6 · 5 months ago |
| Stars | 462 |
| Open issues | 14 |
| Docker | Yes |
| Repository | interaapps/pastefy ↗ |
Pastefy vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a category with Pastefy (Pastebins), scored on the same five terms.
Pastefy: common questions
Is Pastefy still maintained?
Pastefy had 0 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was 5 months ago; the latest tagged release, 7.2.6, is from 5 months ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.
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