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Opengist vs paaster: catalog facts
Opengist	paaster
Free Free and open source under the AGPL-3.0 licence.	Free Free to use and open source under the AGPL-3.0 licence.
Web, Self-hosted	Web, Self-hosted, Command line
Snippets can be managed with standard Git commands over HTTP or SSH Revision history with diffs between versions	End-to-end encryption in the browser Paste history and delete-after-view options
You need to host and maintain the server yourself No client-side encryption of snippets	Secrets stored in IndexedDB are exposed to malicious JavaScript A third-party instance could be modified to leak keys
Self-hosted	Web application, Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: AGPL-3.0	License: AGPL-3.0
Not stated if an account is 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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