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Ghostbin

Feature-rich pastebin engine behind the Ghostbin service

Pastebins & Snippets Archived ★ 187 stars Medium setup MIT

This project is archived. Upstream development has stopped, so expect no new features or security fixes. Consider an actively maintained pastebins & snippets alternative.

Ghostbin, whose engine is now called spectre, is a feature-rich, self-hosted pastebin offering syntax highlighting, paste expiration, and optional encryption. It is the open-source software that powered the public Ghostbin service.

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Key features

  • Syntax highlighting
  • Optional encryption
  • Paste expiration
  • Self-hosted control

Strengths

  • Released under the MIT license
  • First-class Docker support for quick deployment
  • Written in JavaScript
  • Tiny footprint — runs in 128 MB RAM

Is Ghostbin secure?

OSV.dev has no published security advisories for Ghostbin's repository. No known vulnerabilities is not proof of security: it means none have been publicly catalogued.

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

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