PrivateBin is a minimalist zero-knowledge pastebin that encrypts and decrypts pastes in the browser, with optional passwords, expiration, discussions, and file uploads.

8.6k stars1k forkslast commit Actively maintained
Web-based pastebin for sharing plain text and code snippets via short URLs. Offers syntax highlighting, markup preview, configurable expiration, an API, and optional accounts to edit or delete pastes.
PrivateBin is a minimalist zero-knowledge pastebin that encrypts and decrypts pastes in the browser, with optional passwords, expiration, discussions, and file uploads.

8.6k stars1k forkslast commit Actively maintained
MicroBin is a lightweight, secure pastebin for sharing text, files, and short URLs with optional encryption, expiration controls, and raw file serving.

4.5k stars317 forksBSD-3-Clauselast commit Actively maintained
Self-hosted pastebin powered by Git. Create, share and manage public, unlisted or private code snippets with syntax highlighting, Git push/pull, OAuth logins and Docker/Helm deployment.

3.3k stars186 forksAGPL-3.0last commit Actively maintained
Open-source web and API service to create encrypted, single-view links for sharing secrets with configurable expiry and optional passphrase protection.
2.9k stars451 forksMITlast commit Actively maintained
Self-hostable, end-to-end encrypted note and file sharing with zero-knowledge storage, optional passwords, expiration (TTL), and delete-after-reading links.

2.1k stars183 forksApache-2.0last commit Slowing down
Lightweight single-binary Rust pastebin and file-upload server with expiring and one-shot links, URL shortening, MIME detection and simple token auth.

1.2k stars84 forksMITlast commit Actively maintained
Self-hosted image, GIF, MP4, and text paste hosting with a simple API, on-the-fly resizing, and URL-based transformations. File-based storage; no database required.

945 stars137 forkslast commit Actively maintained
wastebin is a minimal, self-hostable pastebin with a Rust/axum backend, SQLite storage, syntax highlighting, optional encryption, and expiration/burn-after-read controls.

842 stars60 forksMITlast commit Actively maintained
A fast, minimalist pastebin written in Rust with syntax highlighting and no database, comments, or social features.
680 stars57 forkslast commit Slowing down
dpaste is an open source Django pastebin for publishing and sharing text snippets with optional self-hosting via standard Django or Docker deployments.

640 stars125 forksMITlast commit Slowing down
Self-hostable pastebin focused on privacy, with browser-side end-to-end encryption, paste history, expiring pastes, and file drag-and-drop.

562 stars24 forksAGPL-3.0last commit Actively maintained
Self-hosted Go web app to share and store text snippets, files, links and a Markdown notepad over a local network with PWA support and configurable expirations.
491 stars18 forksMITlast commit Slowing down
Ghostboard is a minimal real-time text board that syncs text across devices via WebSocket and exposes a REST API and CLI for updates and retrievals.
344 stars16 forksMITlast commit Slowing down
Modern pastebin offering client-side encryption, configurable expiry, user accounts, public search and a REST API. Built with Go, SQLite and TailwindCSS.

80 stars4 forksBSD-3-Clauselast commit Actively maintained
Full-stack code snippet manager with server-side Shiki highlighting, instant search, GitHub OAuth, public share links, bookmarks, likes and Postgres-backed storage.

66 stars6 forkslast commit Slowing down
Lightweight, self-hostable pastebin (Java backend + TypeScript frontend) with full-text search, expiry, adjustable visibility and client-side encryption.
18 stars1 forksApache-2.0last commit Actively maintained
Simple open-source paste and file sharing platform with client-side end-to-end encryption, Monaco editor, syntax highlighting, file transfers, CLI and Docker deployment.

16 stars1 forksAGPL-3.0last commit Actively maintained
Lightweight pastebin for creating, sharing, and storing text/code snippets. Repository has been moved and further development continues under SuperBin.
2 stars0 forkslast commit Likely dormant
Lesma is a lightweight pastebin service designed for both web browsers and command-line workflows, offering quick sharing of text snippets and pastes.

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pacebin is a lightweight, self-hostable pastebin and simple file hosting service with basic POST/GET APIs, filesystem storage, custom short links, and paste deletion keys.

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Every option on this page is open source and free to run on your own hardware, so you own the data and there is no subscription to cancel. 11 of 20 shipped a commit in the last six months. Licences in this list: BSD-3-Clause, AGPL-3.0, MIT, Apache-2.0. In exchange you take on hosting, backups and updates yourself.
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