Drift AlternativesPastebin Services and other similar apps like Drift

Drift is described as 'Self-hostable clone of GitHub Gist' and is a Pastebin service in the development category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Drift for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, Mac, Windows, Linux and Self-Hosted apps. The best Drift alternative is Pastebin.com, which is free. Other great apps like Drift are GitHub Gist, Bear Blog, PrivateBin and TextBin.

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  1. Pastebin.com icon

    Pastebin.com

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    A platform designed for effortless text storage and sharing online, highly utilized by programmers for sharing source code and configurations. Offers public and private pastes, text expiration, optional pro accounts, integration options, but lacks real-time editing and collaboration tools.

    130 Pastebin.com alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once or Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Online
    • Google Chrome
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    • Pastebin.com is the most popular Web-based & Windows alternative to Drift.

    • Pastebin.com is the most popular free alternative to Drift.

    • Pastebin.com is Freemium and ProprietaryDrift is Free and Open Source
  4. Bear Blog icon

    Bear Blog

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    Privacy-first, no-nonsense, super-fast blogging. No trackers, no JavaScript, no stylesheets. Just your words.

    86 Bear Blog alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once or Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
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  5. PrivateBin icon

    PrivateBin

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    PrivateBin is a minimalist, open source online pastebin where the server has zero knowledge of pasted data.

    70 PrivateBin alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Cloudron
    This is a bootstrap CSS based PrivateBin template and the default as of 0.20:
     

    • PrivateBin is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to Drift.

    • PrivateBin is the most popular Open Source alternative to Drift.

    • PrivateBin is Free and Open SourceDrift is also Free and Open Source
    • PrivateBin is Privacy focusedDrift is not according to our users
  6. TextBin icon

    TextBin

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    A modern, responsive web app and FOSS alternative to Pastebin. It provides a user-friendly interface for creating, managing, and sharing text snippets with powerful features.

    48 TextBin alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
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  7. Write.as icon

    Write.as

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    Write.as lets you write and publish text instantly. Write a note for yourself to read later. Create a standalone article you can quickly broadcast on social media — or publish a full blog.

    102 Write.as alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Chrome OS
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Google Chrome
    • Kindle Fire
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    • Write.as is the most popular Android, Mac, iPhone, Linux, iPad & Android Tablet alternative to Drift.

    • Write.as is the most popular commercial alternative to Drift.

    • Write.as is Paid and ProprietaryDrift is Free and Open Source
    • Write.as is Privacy focused and LightweightDrift is not according to our users
  10. stashd.ai icon

    stashd.ai

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    Organizes code snippets with AI-powered generation, full-text search, multi-fragment grouping, real-time offline sync, rich metadata, automated tags, and link-based sharing while supporting multi-device access, customizable themes, and contextual AI chat.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  12. massCode icon

    massCode

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    massCode is a free and open source code snippets manager. The main feature is a modern editor - Monaco editor, which is used in VS Code. Among the advantages of the editor are rich IntelliSense, validation for TypeScript, JavaScript, CSS, LESS, SCSS, JSON, HTML.

    33 massCode alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Electron / Atom Shell
    • Ubuntu
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  14. Carbon icon

    Carbon

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    You know all of those code screenshots you see on Twitter? Although the code's usually impressive, we saw room for improvement in the aesthetic department. Carbon is the easiest way to create beautiful images of your source code. So what are you waiting for?

    32 Carbon alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
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