PrivateBin
Minimalist pastebin/discussion board where the server has zero knowledge of hosted data.
Description from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Still maintained? Yes: 218 commits in the last 90 days, latest release 2.1.0 (Oct 2026).
Also an alternative to Pastebin.
At a glance
PrivateBin quick facts
- Health score
- 86/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 8,721
- Last commit
- yesterday (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- 2.1.0, Oct 2026
- Licence
- Zlib
Top alternatives to PrivateBin
Full rankings: Pastebin alternatives
In its own words
The project's README opens: "PrivateBin is a minimalist, open source online pastebin where the server has zero knowledge of stored data."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
PrivateBin scores 86/100, #13 of 25 in Pastebins: 218 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (2.1.0, 12 days ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 8,721 stars add 15.8 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and no advertised Docker image leaves the final 10 unclaimed. That places it in the good band (70 and above). The biggest shortfall is Docker support, worth 10.0 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
218 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
2.1.0 released 12 days ago
- Stars 15.8 / 20
8.7k stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support biggest shortfall 0.0 / 10
No Docker support advertised
Commit activity
- 218
- Last 90 days
- 721
- Last 12 months
- yesterday
- Last push
Ranked #13 of 25 tools in Pastebins by health , between Snipo (#12) and Hemmelig (#14) .
Details
| Licence | Zlib |
| Platforms | PHP |
| Latest release | 2.1.0 · 12 days ago |
| Stars | 8,721 |
| Open issues | 119 |
| Docker | Not advertised |
| Repository | PrivateBin/PrivateBin ↗ |
PrivateBin vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a comparison page or a category with PrivateBin (Pastebins), scored on the same five terms.
PrivateBin: common questions
What does PrivateBin replace?
Repoly lists PrivateBin as an open-source alternative to Pastebin. Each comparison page ranks every alternative by the same health score, so you can see where PrivateBin stands against the others.
Is PrivateBin still maintained?
PrivateBin had 218 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was yesterday; the latest tagged release, 2.1.0, is from 12 days ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.