Self-hosted pastebin powered by Git, open-source alternative to Github Gist.
Each snippet is a git repository you can clone and push to, with public, unlisted and private visibility.
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GitHub Gist
GitHub's snippet sharing service, where each gist is a git repository. A closed product from GitHub.
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| Tool | Fit | Stars | Licence | Terms | Self-hosted | Language | Latest | Last push |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opengist | Full replacement | 3.4k | AGPL-3.0 | Open source | Yes | Go | v1.15.2 | 2026-10-03 |
| PrivateBin | Partial | 8.7k | Other | Open source | Yes | PHP | 2.0.6 | 2026-10-06 |
| MicroBin | Partial | 4.6k | BSD-3-Clause | Open source | Yes | Rust | v2.1.0 | 2026-09-08 |
| Hasty Paste | Partial | 256 | AGPL-3.0 | Open source | Yes | Go | v2.4.1 | 2026-09-24 |
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A minimalist, open source online pastebin where the server has zero knowledge of pasted data. Data is encrypted/decrypted in the browser using 256 bits AES.
Anonymous encrypted pastes, without accounts or revision history.
A secure, configurable file-sharing and URL shortening web app written in Rust.
No accounts or revision history.
- Language
- Rust
- Licence
- BSD-3-Clause
- Stars
- 4.6k
- Latest
- v2.1.0
- Last push
- 2026-09-08
Paste it all, with haste.
User accounts and visibility settings, without revision history or git access.
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About GitHub Gist
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- GitHub