Self-hosted Pastebins software

A pastebin is a type of online content-hosting service used for sharing and storing code and text.

24 apps, ranked by GitHub stars weighted by maintenance health.

Alternatives to Pastebin

Karakeep

Bookmark-everything app with a touch of AI for the data hoarders out there.

Actively maintained ★ 30.3k AGPL-3.0 🐳 Docker~$5/mo

PrivateBin

Minimalist pastebin/discussion board where the server has zero knowledge of hosted data.

Actively maintained ★ 8.7k Zlib ~$5/mo

SilverBullet

Note-taking application optimized for people with a hacker mindset.

Actively maintained ★ 6.4k MIT 🐳 Docker~$5/mo

Opengist

Pastebin powered by Git.

Actively maintained ★ 3.4k AGPL-3.0 🐳 Docker~$5/mo

Password Pusher

Dead-simple application to securely communicate passwords (or text) over the web. Passwords automatically expire after a certain number of views and/or time has passed.

Actively maintained ★ 3.2k Apache-2.0 🐳 Docker~$5/mo

Yopass

Secure sharing of secrets, passwords and files.

Actively maintained ★ 3.2k Apache-2.0 🐳 Docker~$3.5/mo

ByteStash

Pastebin and file storage service with a simple web interface. Supports syntax highlighting, optional user authentication and public sharing.

Actively maintained ★ 2.6k GPL-3.0 🐳 Docker~$5/mo

rustypaste

Minimal file upload/pastebin service.

Actively maintained ★ 1.2k MIT ~$3.5/mo

Wastebin

Lightweight, minimal and fast pastebin with an SQLite backend.

Actively maintained ★ 883 MIT 🐳 Docker~$3.5/mo

Sup3rS3cretMes5age

Very simple (to deploy and to use) secret message service using Hashicorp Vault as a secrets storage.

Actively maintained ★ 569 MIT ~$3.5/mo

paaster

End-to-end encrypted pastebin built with the objective of simplicity.

Actively maintained ★ 568 AGPL-3.0 🐳 Docker~$5/mo

015

Temporary file sharing platform. Focused on providing one-time, temporary file and text upload, processing, and sharing services.

Actively maintained ★ 424 AGPL-3.0 🐳 Docker~$5/mo

dpaste

Simple pastebin with multiple text and code option, with short url result easy to remember.

Maintained ★ 642 MIT 🐳 Docker~$5/mo

Local Content Share

Store and share text snippets and files within your local network.

Maintained ★ 493 MIT 🐳 Docker~$3.5/mo

Pastefy

Beautiful, simple and easy to deploy Pastebin with optional client encryption, multitab pastes, an API, a highlighted editor and more.

Maintained ★ 463 MIT 🐳 Docker~$10/mo

snowshare

File and link sharing platform with URL shortening, code snippet sharing, and file uploads, featuring customizable expiration, privacy settings, and QR codes.

Actively maintained ★ 91 CC0-1.0 🐳 Docker~$5/mo

1time

Zero-knowledge one-time secret sharing. Create a one-time link for a password, API key, or file. Encrypted client-side in the browser, never reaches the server in plaintext, self-destructs after the allowed number of views (one by default).

Actively maintained ★ 84 MIT 🐳 Docker~$5/mo

Snipo

Lightweight, self‑hosted snippet manager for saving and organizing code and text snippets with folders, tags, API, and GitHub Gist sync.

Actively maintained ★ 73 AGPL-3.0 🐳 Docker~$3.5/mo

Chiyogami

Pastebin with API, client-side encryption, user accounts, syntax highlighting, markdown rendering, and more.

Maintained ★ 82 BSD-3-Clause 🐳 Docker~$5/mo

BinPastes

Minimal pastebin supporting client-side encryption, fulltext search, one-time messages. Intended for one to few users looking for a simple pastebin deployment.

Actively maintained ★ 19 Apache-2.0 ~$10/mo

not-th.re

Simple paste sharing platform, with client side encryption, featuring the monaco browser-based code editor.

Maintained ★ 17 AGPL-3.0 🐳 Docker~$5/mo

lesma

Simple paste app friendly with browser and command line.

Maintained ★ 9 GPL-3.0 🐳 Docker~$3.5/mo

pacebin

Super-minimal pastebin and file upload service focusing on small executable size, portability, and ease of configuration.

Health unknown AGPL-3.0 ~$3.5/mo

SnyPy

On-prem code snippet manager.

Health unknown MIT 🐳 Docker~$5/mo