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PrivateBin

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

This is a bootstrap CSS based PrivateBin template and the default as of 0.20:

Cost / License

  • Free
  • Open Source

Application type

Platforms

  • Online
  • Self-Hosted
  • Cloudron
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Properties

  1.  Privacy focused

Features

  1.  Pastebin
  2.  End-to-End Encryption
  3.  Ad-free
  4.  Client side encryption
  5.  AES Encryption
  6.  Encrypted Notes
  7.  Support for MarkDown
  8.  No registration required
  9.  Password protection
  10.  Collaborative writing
  11.  Real time collaboration
  12.  Encrypted Documents
  13.  Protected by Password
  14.  Code Snippets

 Tags

  • paster
  • text-copy
  • code-share
  • text-sharing
  • collaborative
  • text-hosting

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Top Positive Comment
astrarrow
1

Very easy to use.

leahyra
0

Very simple to use w/ clean UI. Can attach files and do pastes in plaintext, markdown, or source code. Also is open source & uses strong 256-bit AES encryption.

mascrit
0

simple, easy to install

Review by a new / low-activity user.
rico com
0

I love it because it is simple, everything!

Aleksey Lobanov
-1

Many options, simple interface, open source

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What is PrivateBin?

Data is encrypted/decrypted in the browser using 256bit AES in Galois Counter mode.

This is a fork of ZeroBin, originally developed by Sébastien Sauvage. It was refactored to allow easier and cleaner extensions and has now much more features than the original. It is however still fully compatible to the original ZeroBin 0.19 data storage scheme. Therefore such installations can be upgraded to this fork without loosing any data.

What PrivateBin provides

  • As a server administrator you don't have to worry if your users post content that is considered illegal in your country. You have no knowledge of any of the pastes content. If requested or enforced, you can delete any paste from your system.

  • Pastebin-like system to store text documents, code samples, etc.

  • Encryption of data sent to server.

  • Possibility to set a password which is required to read the paste. It further protects a paste and prevents people stumbling upon your paste's link from being able to read it without the password.

Options

Some features are optional and can be enabled or disabled in the configuration file:

  • Password protection
  • Discussions, anonymous or with nicknames and IP based identicons or vizhashes
  • Expiration times, including a "forever" and "burn after reading" option
  • Markdown format support for HTML formatted pastes, including preview function
  • Syntax highlighting for source code using prettify.js, including 4 prettify themes
  • File upload support, images get displayed (disabled by default, possibility to adjust size limit)
  • Templates: By default there are bootstrap CSS, darkstrap and "classic ZeroBin" themes and it is easy to adapt these to your own websites layout or create your own.
  • Translation system and automatic browser language detection (if enabled in browser)
  • Language selection (disabled by default, as it uses a session cookie)

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PrivateBin information

  • Developed by

    CH flagSimon Rupf
  • Licensing

    Open Source and Free product.
  • Written in

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  • Supported Languages

    • English

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GitHub repository

  •  7,870 Stars
  •  945 Forks
  •  119 Open Issues
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Our users have written 5 comments and reviews about PrivateBin, and it has gotten 79 likes

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