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Opengist

Opengist is an open-source, self-hosted app in the Pastebins category, licensed AGPL-3.0 and written mainly in Go. It is a self-hosted alternative to Pastebin and ships a Docker image. It has 3,402 GitHub stars and its last commit was on Oct 21, 2026 (data as of Oct 26, 2026).

github.com/thomiceli/opengist

GitHub stats

GitHub stars
3,402
Forks
203
Open issues
51
Commits, last 12 months
196
Last commit
Oct 21, 2026
Latest release
v1.15.3Oct 21, 2026
Created
Apr 10, 2023
License
AGPL-3.0Open source

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Project health

ActiveActive: last commit Oct 21, 2026, 196 commits in 12 months.

Raw inputs behind the health label
Last commitOct 21, 2026
Commits, last 12 months196
Latest releasev1.15.3 (Oct 21, 2026)
Releases, last 12 months10 or more
Releases, all time41
Open issues51
Open pull requests18
Good first issues1
Contributing guideNo
Security policyNo
CreatedApr 10, 2023

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About Opengist

Pastebin powered by Git.

Description adapted from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0). Source code: github.com/thomiceli/opengist.

Topics

  • docker
  • gist
  • golang
  • typescript
  • go
  • git
  • opengist
  • pastebin
  • pastebin-service
  • self-hosted

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FAQ

Opengist FAQ

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Is Opengist free and open source?

Yes. Opengist is open-source software released under the AGPL-3.0 license, so you can self-host it at no cost. You only pay for the server it runs on, and some projects also offer an optional paid cloud plan.

Can I run Opengist with Docker?

Yes. Opengist provides a Docker image, so you can run it on any Linux server with Docker and Docker Compose installed. The project README lists the image name and the environment variables to set.

What are the best alternatives to Opengist?

Popular self-hosted alternatives to Opengist include Karakeep, PrivateBin and SilverBullet. Opengist itself is a self-hosted alternative to Pastebin.

Is Opengist actively maintained?

The most recent commit to Opengist was on Oct 21, 2026 with 196 commits in the past twelve months. The latest release is v1.15.3, published Oct 21, 2026. It had 51 open issues on GitHub. appsgit's project-health label for it is "Active" as of Oct 26, 2026.