Best self-hosted Pastebins apps

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

23 open source Pastebins tools you host on your own server — with full control of your data and no per-user cost.

Karakeep

★ 26,207

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

Bookmarks and Link SharingPastebins AGPL-3.0

PrivateBin

★ 8,400

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

Pastebins Zlib

SilverBullet

★ 5,513

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

Note-taking & EditorsPastebins MIT

Opengist

★ 3,220

Pastebin powered by Git.

Pastebins AGPL-3.0

Password Pusher

★ 3,058

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.

Pastebins Apache-2.0

Yopass

★ 2,868

Secure sharing of secrets, passwords and files.

PastebinsFile Transfer - Single-click & Drag-n-drop Upload Apache-2.0

ByteStash

★ 2,452

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

Pastebins GPL-3.0

Enclosed

★ 2,022

Minimalistic web application designed for sending private and secure notes.

File Transfer - Single-click & Drag-n-drop UploadPastebins Apache-2.0

Hemmelig

★ 1,217

Share encrypted secrets cross organizations, or as private persons.

Pastebins MIT

rustypaste

★ 1,176

Minimal file upload/pastebin service.

Pastebins MIT

Wastebin

★ 802

Lightweight, minimal and fast pastebin with an SQLite backend.

Pastebins MIT

dpaste

★ 639

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

Pastebins MIT

Sup3rS3cretMes5age

★ 567

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

Pastebins MIT

paaster

★ 546

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

Pastebins AGPL-3.0

Local Content Share

★ 461

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

PastebinsFile Transfer - Single-click & Drag-n-drop Upload MIT

Pastefy

★ 439

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

Pastebins MIT

015

★ 374

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

File Transfer - Single-click & Drag-n-drop UploadPastebins AGPL-3.0

Chiyogami

★ 74

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

Pastebins BSD-3-Clause

BinPastes

★ 16

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

Pastebins Apache-2.0

not-th.re

★ 14

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

Pastebins AGPL-3.0

lesma

★ 8

Simple paste app friendly with browser and command line.

Pastebins GPL-3.0

pacebin

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

PastebinsFile Transfer - Single-click & Drag-n-drop Upload AGPL-3.0

SnyPy

Open source on-prem code snippet manager.

Pastebins MIT

Frequently asked questions

What are the best self-hosted Pastebins tools?

Among the 23 options, the most popular include Karakeep, PrivateBin, SilverBullet. Compare license, platform and popularity in the list below.

Is there a free open source alternative for Pastebins?

Yes — all 23 tools on this page are open source and you run them on your own server, with no monthly fee.

Where can I host a Pastebins app?

On a home server (homelab) or a cheap VPS from ~€4/mo. See the suggestions on this page.