PrivateBin
Minimalist pastebin/discussion board where the server has zero knowledge of hosted data.
High commit volume, frequent releases and growing activity.
Commit activity more than 71% of tracked projects; popularity more than 76%. How this is calculated.
Commits, last 11 months
| Stars | 8.6k |
|---|---|
| Latest release | 2.0.6 · 8 Aug 2026 |
| Repo updated | 24 Sept 2026 |
| Licence | Zlib |
| Built with | PHP |
Is PrivateBin actively maintained?
Over the last 11 months the project absorbed 656 commits, of which 231 arrived in the most recent quarter — roughly 77 commits a month.
Activity is accelerating: the last quarter carried 122% more commits than the one before it.
The most recent tagged release, 2.0.6, shipped about two months ago — a current, installable version exists today.
Among the 25 pastebins projects we track, PrivateBin currently has the highest health score.
What PrivateBin actually does
PrivateBin is a minimalist pastebin and discussion board application designed to keep hosted data completely private from the server administrator. It allows you to share snippets of text securely by performing encryption directly in the browser before any data reaches the backend.
Best fit: It is well-suited for privacy-conscious teams or individuals who need to share sensitive notes, logs, or code snippets without trusting the hosting provider with plaintext data.
Worth knowing: Because the server has zero knowledge of the data, you cannot recover lost passwords or reset encrypted pastes if the access link is misplaced.
Deployment notes
As a PHP application, it typically requires a standard web server like Nginx or Apache, and because it stores pastes as flat files by default, you should ensure appropriate persistent volume storage is mounted.
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