PrivateBin
Pastebins & SnippetsMinimalist pastebin with zero-knowledge encryption
Replaces Pastebin.com
Best Single-User Pastebins & Snippets for self-hosting
The 7 best Single-User pastebins & snippets you can self-host, ranked by community traction.
massCode
Pastebins & SnippetsFree and open-source code snippets manager
Replaces GitHub Gist, SnippetsLab
MicroBin
Pastebins & SnippetsTiny, feature-rich pastebin and file-sharing service
Replaces Pastebin.com
fiche
Pastebins & SnippetsTerminal pastebin server powered by netcat
Replaces Pastebin.com, termbin
wastebin
Pastebins & SnippetsMinimal pastebin server written in Rust
Replaces Pastebin.com
bin
Pastebins & SnippetsMinimal, paste-only server written in Rust
Replaces Pastebin.com
pasty
Pastebins & SnippetsFast and lightweight code-pasting server
Replaces Pastebin.com
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At a glance
| App | Deploy effort | Difficulty | Min. RAM | License | ★ Stars |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PrivateBin | Under-an-hour setup | Easy | 256 MB | Zlib | 8,664 |
| massCode | Read-the-docs project | Easy | 256 MB | AGPL-3.0 | 7,069 |
| MicroBin | Under-an-hour setup | Easy | 128 MB | BSD-3-Clause | 4,604 |
| fiche | Read-the-docs project | Easy | 64 MB | MIT | 1,550 |
| wastebin | Under-an-hour setup | Easy | 128 MB | MIT | 873 |
| bin | Under-an-hour setup | Easy | 64 MB | MIT | 312 |
| pasty | Under-an-hour setup | Easy | 128 MB | MIT | 225 |
Quick picks
- Most adopted: PrivateBin (8,664 GitHub stars).
- Lightest footprint: fiche (from 64 MB RAM, against 256 MB for the heaviest here).
- Licensing: 4 of 7 use MIT; check the rest individually if you plan to modify and redistribute.
Every option here is open-source and self-hostable, tagged Single-User within the pastebins & snippets category. Deploy effort is graded from published container recipes, not vendor claims — see the methodology.