Open Source GitHub Gist AlternativesPastebin Services & Snippets Managers like GitHub Gist

The best open source alternative to GitHub Gist is PrivateBin. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to GitHub Gist and many of them is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to GitHub Gist are massCode, hastebin, Carbon and Gitlab Snippets.

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  1. PrivateBin icon
     81 likes

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

    73 PrivateBin alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Cloudron
     
  2. massCode icon
     19 likes

    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.

    35 massCode alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Electron / Atom Shell
    • Ubuntu
     
  3. hastebin icon
     69 likes

    Pad editor for source code.personal.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Ruby
    • JavaScript
    • Cloudron
    • Node.JS
     
  4. Carbon icon
     13 likes

    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?

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  5. 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)
     
  6. Opengist icon
     4 likes

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

    Cost / License

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  7. lesma icon
     5 likes

    lesma is a simple paste app, friendly with browser and command line, with files as storage backend. You can see in action in https://lesma.eu.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  8. Paaster icon
     6 likes

    Paaster is a secure and user-friendly pastebin application that prioritizes privacy and simplicity. With end-to-end encryption and paste history, Paaster ensures that your pasted code remains confidential and accessible.

    40 Paaster alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  9. shelf.gg icon
     9 likes

    shelf.gg is an open source pastebin that makes it easy to find and share lists of resources.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Chrome OS
    • Android Tablet
    • Windows Phone
    • iPad
    • Self-Hosted
    • Linux Mobile
     
  10. NekoBin icon
     3 likes

    Elegant and open-source pastebin service.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  11. Drift icon
     3 likes

    Drift is a self-hostable clone of GitHub Gist .

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  12. Blot icon
     13 likes

    Blot is a blogging platform with no interface. It creates a special folder in your Dropbox and publishes files you put inside. The point of all this?—?the reason Blot exists?—?is so you can use your favorite tools to create whatever you publish.

    Cost / License

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    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
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