Wastebin
Wastebin is an open-source, self-hosted app in the Pastebins category, licensed MIT and written mainly in Rust. It is a self-hosted alternative to Pastebin and ships a Docker image. It has 877 GitHub stars and its last commit was on Oct 20, 2026 (data as of Oct 26, 2026).
GitHub stats
- GitHub stars
- 877
- Forks
- 67
- Open issues
- 12
- Commits, last 12 months
- 188
- Last commit
- Oct 20, 2026
- Latest release
- 3.9.0Oct 15, 2026
- Created
- May 29, 2022
- License
- MITOpen source
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Project health
ActiveActive: last commit Oct 20, 2026, 188 commits in 12 months.
- Regular releases10 or more releases in 12 months
| Last commit | Oct 20, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Commits, last 12 months | 188 |
| Latest release | 3.9.0 (Oct 15, 2026) |
| Releases, last 12 months | 10 or more |
| Releases, all time | 42 |
| Open issues | 12 |
| Open pull requests | 16 |
| Good first issues | 0 |
| Contributing guide | Yes |
| Security policy | No |
| Created | May 29, 2022 |
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About Wastebin
Lightweight, minimal and fast pastebin with an SQLite backend.
Description adapted from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0). Source code: github.com/matze/wastebin.
Topics
- pastebin
- rust
- sqlite
- axum
- self-hosted
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Is Wastebin free and open source?
Yes. Wastebin is open-source software released under the MIT 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 Wastebin with Docker?
Yes. Wastebin 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 Wastebin?
Popular self-hosted alternatives to Wastebin include Karakeep, PrivateBin and SilverBullet. Wastebin itself is a self-hosted alternative to Pastebin.
Is Wastebin actively maintained?
The most recent commit to Wastebin was on Oct 20, 2026 with 188 commits in the past twelve months. The latest release is 3.9.0, published Oct 15, 2026. It had 12 open issues on GitHub. appsgit's project-health label for it is "Active" as of Oct 26, 2026.