GitHub Gist AlternativesPastebin Services & Snippets Managers like GitHub Gist

GitHub Gist is described as 'Gist is a simple way to share snippets and pastes with others. All gists are git repositories, so they are automatically versioned, forkable and usable as a git repository' and is a very popular Pastebin service in the development category. There are more than 50 alternatives to GitHub Gist, not only websites but also apps for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Self-Hosted and Linux apps. The best GitHub Gist alternative is Pastebin.com, which is free. Other great sites and apps similar to GitHub Gist are PrivateBin, Rentry.co, massCode and Ideone.

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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

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Online
    • Google Chrome
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    • Most users think Pastebin.com is a great GitHub Gist alternative.

    • Pastebin.com is the most popular Web-based & Windows alternative to GitHub Gist.

    • Pastebin.com is the most popular free alternative to GitHub Gist.

    • Pastebin.com is Freemium and ProprietaryGitHub Gist is Free and Proprietary
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    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

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    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 GitHub Gist.

    • PrivateBin is the most popular Open Source alternative to GitHub Gist.

    • PrivateBin is Free and Open SourceGitHub Gist is Free and Proprietary
    • PrivateBin is Privacy focusedGitHub Gist is not according to our users
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    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

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Electron / Atom Shell
    • Ubuntu
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    • massCode is the most popular Mac alternative to GitHub Gist.

    • massCode is Free and Open SourceGitHub Gist is Free and Proprietary
  7. hastebin icon

    hastebin

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    Pad editor for source code.personal.

    67 hastebin alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Ruby
    • JavaScript
    • Cloudron
    • Node.JS
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    • hastebin is the most popular Linux alternative to GitHub Gist.

    • hastebin is Free and Open SourceGitHub Gist is Free and Proprietary
  9. 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

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  10. 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
    Home
     
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    Opengist

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    Opengist is a self-hosted pastebin powered by Git. All snippets are stored in a Git repository and can be

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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  12. Cacher icon

    Cacher

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    Cacher is like long term memory for software professionals. Use it to curate a library of useful code snippets for you and your team. Features:

    44 Cacher alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
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    Gitlab Snippets

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    With GitLab Snippets you can store and share bits of code and text with other users.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     

    • Gitlab Snippets is the most popular SaaS alternative to GitHub Gist.

    • Gitlab Snippets is Free and Open SourceGitHub Gist is Free and Proprietary
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    SnippetsLab

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    SnippetsLab is an easy-to-use snippets manager. It helps you to collect and organize valuable code snippets, and makes sure that you have easy access to them whenever you want.

    47 SnippetsLab alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
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