MicroBin is a super tiny, feature rich, configurable, self-contained and self-hosted paste bin web application.
It is very easy to set up and use, and will only require a few megabytes of memory and disk storage.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Entirely self-contained executable, MicroBin is a single file.
- Server-side and client-side encryption.
- File uploads (e.g. server.com/file/pig-dog-cat)
- Raw text serving (e.g. server.com/raw/pig-dog-cat).
- QR code support.
- URL shortening and redirection.
- Animal names instead of random numbers for upload identifiers (64 animals).
- SQLite and JSON database support.
- Private and public, editable and uneditable, automatically and never expiring uploads.
- Automatic dark mode and custom styling support with very little CSS and only vanilla JavaScript.
Website: github.com/szabodanika/microbin
Support:
Developer: Dániel Szabó
License: BSD 3-Clause “New” or “Revised” License

MicroBin is written in Rust. Learn Rust with our recommended free books and free tutorials
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|---|---|
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| NoPaste | Client-side paste service |
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| Drift | Self-hostable Gist and paste service |
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| bin | Minimal pastebin |
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