GitHub Gist Alternatives

GitHub Gist is described as 'Gist is a simple way to share snippets and pastes with others. All gists are git repositories, so they are automatically versioned, forkable and usable as a git repository' and is a very popular Pastebin service in the development category. There are more than 50 alternatives to GitHub Gist, not only websites but also apps for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Self-Hosted and Linux apps. The best GitHub Gist alternative is Pastebin.com, which is free. Other great sites and apps similar to GitHub Gist are PrivateBin, Rentry.co, Ideone and hastebin.

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  1. A KDE Plasma widget that allows you to store, organize, and quickly copy code snippets directly from your desktop panel.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • KDE Plasma
     
  2. Ghostboard is a lightweight, self-hosted solution for real-time synchronized text sharing. This repository includes a WebSocket server for syncing text across multiple clients and a command-line client for retrieving or updating the shared text.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
    • Python
     
  3. ZeroBin icon
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    ZeroBin is a minimalist, opensource online pastebin where the server has zero knowledge of pasted data.

    63 ZeroBin alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
  4. Qsnipps icon
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    QSnipps - Your Code Snippets Manager

    Start organizing your favorite code snippets and be more productive. Why would you waste time rewriting the same piece of code every time you start working on a new project when you could have all your blocks of code organized in a central s.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  5. paste-bin.xyz icon
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    A pastebin or text storage site is a type of online content hosting service where users can store plain text, e.g. to source code snippets for code review via Internet Relay Chat.

    101 paste-bin.xyz alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  6. With the Codiga Coding Assistant, developers create code snippets in a single click. Snippets are searchable from the IDE. And users can import snippets in their codebase in a second. Smart Code Snippets are public and shared on the Codiga hub or kept private and shared with a...

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  7. Kousek icon
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    Kousek is a fully re-written version of Snippet. Reworked to be even easier to use and more simplistic. Still fully keyboard navigable.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  8. jCodeCollector icon
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    jCodeCollector is a simple snippets manager for Mac OS X, Windows and Linux developed by me (Alessandro Cocco) in my free time. Latest stable version (2.5) has been released in January 2011. I have no time to continue the development of jCodeCollector so I released it as open...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  9. Codepng icon
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    Codepng allows you to create awesome snapshots from your source code that you can share on social media. Choose between beautiful hand-selected background gradients and editor themes before exporting your code to PNG images.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  10. gist-it icon
     4 likes

    Gist is a simple way to share snippets and pastes with others. This app uses the new github API to provide a "send to gist" feature for most applications which have a "Send" or "Share" menu, making it very easy to share content.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Android
     
  11. Liveshareit icon
     1 like

    A real-time collaboration platform for sharing text, files, canvas drawings, and generating diagrams with PlantUML. Perfect for teams seeking efficient and secure remote collaboration across various formats. Turn ideas into reality, together, in real-time.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  12. Logpasta icon
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    Logpasta is a simple, secure log paste service inspired by similar paste-hosting applications, trying to address a UX barrier when sharing output from terminal applications and scripts, by providing a cross-platform, open-source CLI tool.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
     
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