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Yopass

Secure sharing of secrets, passwords and files.

Description from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Still maintained? Yes: 410 commits in the last 90 days, latest release 16.0.1 (Oct 2026).

Comparisons in Pastebins: Pastebin alternatives.

Docker #5 of 25 in Pastebins

At a glance

Yopass quick facts

Health score
94/100 GOOD
Stars
3,212
Last commit
today (Oct 2026)
Latest release
16.0.1, Oct 2026
Licence
Apache-2.0

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In its own words

The project's README opens: "Yopass is an open source, self-hosted service for sharing passwords, files, and other sensitive information. The browser encrypts your secret before it reaches the server and the decryption key is never stored with the secret."

Why it ranks here

Health score explained

Yopass scores 94/100, #5 of 25 in Pastebins: 410 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (16.0.1, 7 days ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 3,212 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

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

  • Release recency 25.0 / 25

    16.0.1 released 7 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

1218 commits over the last 12 months
410
Last 90 days
1,218
Last 12 months
today
Last push

Ranked #5 of 25 tools in Pastebins by health , between Password Pusher (#4) and Wastebin (#6) .

Details

LicenceApache-2.0
PlatformsGo, Docker
Latest release16.0.1 · 7 days ago
Stars3,212
Open issues1
DockerYes
Repositoryjhaals/yopass ↗

Yopass vs its top 5 alternatives

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

Tool Health Stars Licence Last commit
Yopass (this tool) 94 3.2k Apache-2.0 today
015 91 422 AGPL-3.0 today
1time 88 82 MIT yesterday
snowshare 88 91 CC0-1.0 2 days ago
Local Content Share 51 492 MIT 9 months ago
pacebin 10 0 AGPL-3.0 1.1 years ago

Yopass: common questions

Is Yopass still maintained?

Yopass had 410 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was today; the latest tagged release, 16.0.1, is from 7 days ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.