Snipo
Lightweight, self‑hosted snippet manager for saving and organizing code and text snippets with folders, tags, API, and GitHub Gist sync.
Description from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Still maintained? Yes: 43 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v2.0.0 (Oct 2026).
Comparisons in Pastebins: Pastebin alternatives.
At a glance
Snipo quick facts
- Health score
- 87/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 73
- Last commit
- 5 days ago (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- v2.0.0, Oct 2026
- Licence
- AGPL-3.0
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In its own words
The project's README opens: "A lightweight, self-hosted snippet manager for single users."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
Snipo scores 87/100, #12 of 25 in Pastebins: 43 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (v2.0.0, 5 days ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 73 stars add 7.5 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 12.5 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
43 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
v2.0.0 released 5 days ago
- Stars biggest shortfall 7.5 / 20
73 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
- 43
- Last 90 days
- 139
- Last 12 months
- 5 days ago
- Last push
Ranked #12 of 25 tools in Pastebins by health , between Opengist (#11) and PrivateBin (#13) .
Details
| Licence | AGPL-3.0 |
| Platforms | Go, Docker |
| Latest release | v2.0.0 · 5 days ago |
| Stars | 73 |
| Open issues | 0 |
| Docker | Yes |
| Repository | MohamedElashri/snipo ↗ |
Snipo vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a category with Snipo (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 |
| snowshare | 88 | 91 | CC0-1.0 | 2 days ago |
| Snipo (this tool) | 87 | 73 | AGPL-3.0 | 5 days ago |
| Local Content Share | 51 | 492 | MIT | 9 months ago |
Snipo: common questions
Is Snipo still maintained?
Snipo had 43 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was 5 days ago; the latest tagged release, v2.0.0, is from 5 days ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.
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