Opengist
Pastebins & SnippetsSelf-hosted pastebin powered by Git
Replaces GitHub Gist
Best API Pastebins & Snippets for self-hosting
The 9 best API pastebins & snippets you can self-host, ranked by community traction.
Stikked
Pastebins & SnippetsFeature-rich PHP pastebin with API and themes
Replaces Pastebin.com
sprunge
Pastebins & SnippetsCommand-line oriented minimalist pastebin
Replaces Pastebin.com, termbin
dpaste
Pastebins & SnippetsDjango-based pastebin for code and text snippets
Replaces Pastebin.com, GitHub Gist
paste
Pastebins & SnippetsMinimalist self-hosted pastebin written in Go
Replaces Pastebin.com, GitHub Gist
Pastefy
Pastebins & SnippetsModern pastebin with folders, encryption, and an API
Replaces Pastebin.com, GitHub Gist
Pinnwand
Pastebins & SnippetsPython pastebin with a command-line companion
Replaces Pastebin.com
pasty
Pastebins & SnippetsFast and lightweight code-pasting server
Replaces Pastebin.com
filite
Pastebins & SnippetsLightweight self-hosted store for files, links and pastes
Replaces Imgur, Pastebin.com
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At a glance
| App | Deploy effort | Difficulty | Min. RAM | License | ★ Stars |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opengist | Under-an-hour setup | Easy | 256 MB | AGPL-3.0 | 3,383 |
| Stikked | Under-an-hour setup | Easy | 256 MB | BSD-3-Clause | 987 |
| sprunge | Read-the-docs project | Easy | 64 MB | MIT | 720 |
| dpaste | Under-an-hour setup | Easy | 256 MB | MIT | 643 |
| paste | Under-an-hour setup | Easy | 64 MB | MIT | 575 |
| Pastefy | Under-an-hour setup | Medium | 512 MB | Apache-2.0 | 460 |
| Pinnwand | Under-an-hour setup | Easy | 256 MB | BSD-3-Clause | 229 |
| pasty | Under-an-hour setup | Easy | 128 MB | MIT | 225 |
| filite | Under-an-hour setup | Easy | 64 MB | MIT | 189 |
Quick picks
- Most adopted: Opengist (3,383 GitHub stars).
- Lightest footprint: sprunge (from 64 MB RAM, against 512 MB for the heaviest here).
- Licensing: 5 of 9 use MIT; check the rest individually if you plan to modify and redistribute.
Every option here is open-source and self-hostable, tagged API within the pastebins & snippets category. Deploy effort is graded from published container recipes, not vendor claims — see the methodology.