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paaster vs Opengist: catalog facts
paaster	Opengist
Free Free to use and open source under the AGPL-3.0 licence.	Free Free and open source under the AGPL-3.0 licence.
Web, Self-hosted, Command line	Web, Self-hosted
End-to-end encryption in the browser Paste history and delete-after-view options	Snippets can be managed with standard Git commands over HTTP or SSH Revision history with diffs between versions
Secrets stored in IndexedDB are exposed to malicious JavaScript A third-party instance could be modified to leak keys	You need to host and maintain the server yourself No client-side encryption of snippets
Web application, Self-hosted	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
Needs internet	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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