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dpaste

Django-based pastebin for code and text snippets

Pastebins & Snippets ★ 643 stars Easy setup MIT

dpaste is an open-source pastebin application built with Django for sharing code and text snippets. It offers syntax highlighting, snippet expiration, and a simple API for posting from scripts.

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Key features

  • Django-based platform
  • Syntax highlighting
  • Snippet expiration
  • Scripting API

Strengths

  • Released under the MIT license
  • Easy to set up — beginner-friendly
  • First-class Docker support for quick deployment
  • Written in Python

Is dpaste secure?

No known vulnerabilities affect dpaste's latest release (v3.8). OSV.dev lists 1 past advisory for the project; none of them applies to this release. No known vulnerabilities is not proof of security: it means none have been publicly catalogued.

  • Most recent fixed advisory CVE-2023-49277, published 2023-12-01 (1048 days ago), fixed in 3.8

Source: OSV.dev, checked 2026-10-14. How this is measured.

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