{"data":{"slug":"privatebin","name":"PrivateBin","tagline":"Zlib zero-knowledge encrypted pastebin you self-host","category":"devops","categoryName":"DevOps","url":"https://privatebin.info","github":"https://github.com/PrivateBin/PrivateBin","pricing":"open-source","hook":"PrivateBin is a minimalist pastebin where the server never sees the content: pastes are encrypted and decrypted in the browser with 256-bit AES-GCM, and the key lives in the URL fragment.","whatsGood":"Zlib/libpng license for the core (bundled libraries under their own MIT, BSD, GPLv2 and Apache terms), release 2.0.6 (2026-08-08). A fork of ZeroBin, maintained since 2016. Optional passwords, burn-after-reading, expiry, discussions and file attachments. A small PHP app that runs on cheap hosting or Docker. ★~8.7k.","theCatch":"Users still have to trust the server not to serve malicious JavaScript, so it must run over HTTPS with HSTS. Anyone with the full link can read a paste without a password. PHP is a deliberate choice; it is not a Go single binary.","verdict":"The simplest way to share secrets and logs without trusting the host with the plaintext.","addedAt":"2026-10-18","featured":false,"domain":"DevOps","subSpecialty":"Infrastructure","subcategory":"Security","tags":["self-host","permissive","license-unclear","security","active"],"capabilities":["browser"],"surfaces":["Self-host"],"ecosystem":["Multi-platform"],"licenseModel":"OSS/MIT","githubStars":8683,"starsPerWeek":16,"access":"free","archived":false,"repo":{"createdAt":"2016-07-09","pushedAt":"2026-10-18","license":"NOASSERTION","archived":false,"checkedAt":"2026-10-19"}},"related":[{"slug":"github-actions","name":"GitHub Actions","tagline":"CI/CD that lives where your code does"},{"slug":"docker","name":"Docker","tagline":"Container runtime that changed deployment"},{"slug":"kubernetes","name":"Kubernetes","tagline":"Container orchestration at scale"},{"slug":"pulumi","name":"Pulumi","tagline":"Infrastructure as code in real languages"},{"slug":"fly-io","name":"Fly.io","tagline":"Deploy apps to VMs close to your users"}],"links":{"self":"/api/gems/privatebin","html":"/gems/privatebin","markdown":"/gems/privatebin.md","category":"/api/gems?category=devops","categoryPage":"/stacks/devops"}}