The Best Pastebin.com AlternativesTop Pastebin Services and other similar apps like Pastebin.com

Pastebin.com is described as 'A widely used platform for storing and sharing text online, popular among programmers for source code and configuration sharing with ease' and is a very popular Pastebin service in the development category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Pastebin.com for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, Self-Hosted, Windows, Linux and Mac apps. The best Pastebin.com alternative is GitHub Gist, which is free. Other great apps like Pastebin.com are PrivateBin, hastebin, Rentry.co and TextBin.

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  1. GitHub Gist icon

    GitHub Gist

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    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.

    85 GitHub Gist alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
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    Comments about GitHub Gist as an Alternative to Pastebin.com
    Shoya
    Positive
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    The only diff is gitbub gist needs login

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    • Almost everyone thinks GitHub Gist is a great Pastebin.com alternative.

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

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

    • GitHub Gist is Free and ProprietaryPastebin.com is Freemium and Proprietary
    • GitHub Gist is LightweightPastebin.com is not according to our users
  2. PrivateBin icon

    PrivateBin

     79 likes
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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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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Cloudron
    This is a bootstrap CSS based PrivateBin template and the default as of 0.20:
     
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    Comments about PrivateBin as an Alternative to Pastebin.com
    rugk
    Positive
    5

    Open-source, end-to-end-encrypted, up-to-date paste with many security features (CSP, security headers, …)

    Disclaimer: I'm one of the devs.

    Guest
    Positive
    2

    Time limit for notes, private, end-to-end encription, notes expire after an amount of time, password protected, but login doesn't needed.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Almost everyone thinks PrivateBin is a great Pastebin.com alternative.

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

    • PrivateBin is the most popular Open Source alternative to Pastebin.com.

    • PrivateBin is Free and Open SourcePastebin.com is Freemium and Proprietary
    • PrivateBin is Privacy focusedPastebin.com is not according to our users
  4. hastebin icon

    hastebin

     69 likes
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    Pad editor for source code.personal.

    67 hastebin alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

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    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Ruby
    • JavaScript
    • Cloudron
    • Node.JS
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    • Most users think hastebin is a great Pastebin.com alternative.

    • hastebin is the most popular Mac & Linux alternative to Pastebin.com.

    • hastebin is Free and Open SourcePastebin.com is Freemium and Proprietary
  6. TextBin icon

    TextBin

     18 likes
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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

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    • Online
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  7. jsFiddle icon

    jsFiddle

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    jsFiddle lets one easily test snippets of JavaScript/CSS/HTML code on-the-fly, adding optional libraries like jQuery.

    75 jsFiddle alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
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    Comments about jsFiddle as an Alternative to Pastebin.com
    Matthew89345
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    JsFiddle is an online IDE, psatebin is just for sharing code

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    • Some users think jsFiddle is a great Pastebin.com alternative, some don't.

    • jsFiddle is Freemium and ProprietaryPastebin.com is also Freemium and Proprietary
    • jsFiddle is LightweightPastebin.com is not according to our users
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    lesma

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    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

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    Main page
     
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    Comments about lesma as an Alternative to Pastebin.com
    Alexandre ZANNI
    Positive
    0

    Very easy, short human-friendly URL, expiration date, password protection

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    • lesma is Free and Open SourcePastebin.com is Freemium and Proprietary
    • lesma is Lightweight and Privacy focusedPastebin.com is not according to our users
  11. JS Bin icon

    JS Bin

     65 likes
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    JS Bin is a collaborative open source JavaScript debugging tool. Enter Javascript in one pane and HTML in the other and see the result; share using a short URL. Choose popular JS libs from a menu, so you don't have to remember the URL.

    62 JS Bin alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Open Source

    Application types

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    • Discontinued

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    • Online
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  12. 0bin.net icon

    0bin.net

     25 likes
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    0bin is client side encrypted pastebin that can be launched without a database.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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    • Most users think 0bin.net is a great Pastebin.com alternative.

    • 0bin.net is the most popular Windows alternative to Pastebin.com.

    • 0bin.net is Free and Open SourcePastebin.com is Freemium and Proprietary
  13. Cacher icon

    Cacher

     13 likes
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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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    • Mac
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    • Linux
    • Online
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  14. JustPaste.it icon

    JustPaste.it

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    The quickest way to share text and images with other people.

    Anonymous by default, no ads

    We offer high level of privacy for both writers and readers. You don't have to create account to publish something. There's no advertising on entire page and we are not using any s.

    60 JustPaste.it alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
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