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14 self-hosted Snipplr alternatives

Web-based snippet manager for storing, organizing and sharing code snippets with tags and syntax highlighting, aimed at helping developers and teams maintain searchable snippet libraries for code reuse and collaboration.

Alternatives to Snipplr

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

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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.

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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.

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3.3k stars186 forksAGPL-3.0last commit Actively maintained

ByteStash is a self-hosted snippet manager for creating, editing, and filtering code snippets with secure storage in SQLite and an optional API with Swagger UI.

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2.5k stars121 forksGPL-3.0last commit Actively maintained

Lightweight single-binary Rust pastebin and file-upload server with expiring and one-shot links, URL shortening, MIME detection and simple token auth.

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1.2k stars84 forksMITlast commit Actively maintained

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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.

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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.

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562 stars24 forksAGPL-3.0last commit Actively maintained

Modern pastebin offering client-side encryption, configurable expiry, user accounts, public search and a REST API. Built with Go, SQLite and TailwindCSS.

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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.

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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

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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SnyPy is a self-hostable snippet manager to store, tag, and search code/command snippets with a simple web UI and API-friendly structure.

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What replacing Snipplr actually involves

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. 8 of 14 shipped a commit in the last six months. Licences in this list: BSD-3-Clause, AGPL-3.0, GPL-3.0, MIT, Apache-2.0. In exchange you take on hosting, backups and updates yourself.

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