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, Ideone and hastebin.

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  1. Pastebin.com icon
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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.

    132 Pastebin.com alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
    • Online
    • Google Chrome
     
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  2. PrivateBin icon
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    PrivateBin is a minimalist, open source online pastebin where the server has zero knowledge of pasted data.

    71 PrivateBin alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Cloudron
     
  3. Rentry.co icon
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    Rentry.co is a markdown pastebin and publishing service with preview, custom urls and editing. Fast, simple and free.

    183 Rentry.co alternatives

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    • Free
    • Proprietary (MIT)

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    • Online
     
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  4. Ideone icon
     59 likes

    ideone.com is a... pastebin. But a pastebin like no other on the Internet. More accurate expression would be

    84 Ideone alternatives

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    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
     
  5. massCode icon
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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

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Electron / Atom Shell
    • Ubuntu
     
  6. stashd.ai icon
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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
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  7. Carbon icon
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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 (MIT)

    Platforms

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

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  9. Cacher icon
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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:

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
     
  10. With GitLab Snippets you can store and share bits of code and text with other users.

    6 Gitlab Snippets alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  11. SnippetsLab icon
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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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    • Mac
     
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