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dpaste vs paaster: catalog facts
dpaste	paaster
Free Free to use at dpaste.org and open source under the MIT licence.	Free Free to use and open source under the AGPL-3.0 licence.
Web, Self-hosted	Web, Self-hosted, Command line
Public instance usable without setup Can be embedded into an existing Django project	End-to-end encryption in the browser Paste history and delete-after-view options
Self-hosting requires a Python and Django environment No client-side encryption	Secrets stored in IndexedDB are exposed to malicious JavaScript A third-party instance could be modified to leak keys
Web application, Self-hosted	Web application, Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: MIT	License: AGPL-3.0
No account needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Needs internet
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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