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Opengist vs Pastefy: catalog facts
OpengistPastefy
Free

Free and open source under the AGPL-3.0 licence.

Free

Free and open source under the MIT licence, with a free public instance.

Web, Self-hosted Web, Self-hosted
  • Snippets can be managed with standard Git commands over HTTP or SSH
  • Revision history with diffs between versions
  • Rendered previews for many file types
  • API with client libraries plus VS Code and Raycast extensions
  • You need to host and maintain the server yourself
  • No client-side encryption of snippets
  • Folders and paste history require logging in
  • Smaller community than larger pastebin projects
Self-hosted Web application, Self-hosted
Open source Open source
License: AGPL-3.0 License: MIT
Not stated if an account is needed No account needed
Not stated if it works offline Not stated if it works offline

Checked October 2, 2026

Checked October 2, 2026

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