PrivateBin AlternativesPastebin Services and other similar apps like PrivateBin

Apps similar to PrivateBin include GitHub Gist, which is free. Other options are Pastebin.com, Rentry.co, hastebin and One-Time Secret. Pastebin Services like PrivateBin are a crowded field, with more than 50 alternatives for the web, self-hosting, Windows, Linux and Mac.

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  1. GitHub Gist icon
     196 likes

    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.

    96 GitHub Gist alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
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  2. Pastebin.com icon
     216 likes

    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.

    148 Pastebin.com alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Online
    • Google Chrome
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  3. Rentry.co icon
     57 likes

    Rentry.co is a markdown pastebin and publishing service with preview, custom urls and editing. Fast, simple and free.

    211 Rentry.co alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary (MIT)

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    • Online
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  4. hastebin icon
     71 likes

    Pad editor for source code.personal.

    78 hastebin alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Ruby
    • JavaScript
    • Cloudron
    • Node.JS
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  5. Infomaniak kPaste encrypts your data directly in the browser using the 256-bit AES protocol, and more specifically the Galois/Counter Mode (GCM) algorithm. kPaste servers are exclusively based in Switzerland and managed by Infomaniak.

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Chrome OS
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  6. Ideone icon
     59 likes

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

    89 Ideone alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
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  7. NekoBin icon
     3 likes

    Elegant and open-source pastebin service.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Online
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  8. 0bin.net icon
     25 likes

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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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  9. ZeroBin icon
     11 likes

    ZeroBin is a minimalist, opensource online pastebin where the server has zero knowledge of pasted data.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
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  10. 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

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    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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  11. CloakBin icon
     1 like

    CloakBin is a zero-knowledge encrypted pastebin. Your text is encrypted in your browser before it ever touches the servers, meaning the service literally cannot read your pastes. It uses AES-256 encryption that happens entirely in your browser, and the decryption key lives in...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
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