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wastebin – minimal pastebin

wastebin is a minimal pastebin with a design shamelessly copied from bin.

This is free and open source software.

Key Features

  • Axum and sqlite3 backend storing compressed paste data.
  • Single binary with low memory footprint.
  • Drag ‘n’ drop upload.
  • Deletion after expiration, reading or by owners.
  • Light/dark mode according to browser settings.
  • Highlightable line numbers.
  • QR code to browse a paste’s URL on mobile devices.
  • Optional encryption with argon2 hashing and ChaCha20Poly1305 encryption.

Website: github.com/matze/wastebin
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Developer: Matthias Vogelgesang
License: MIT License

wastebin is written in Rust. Learn Rust with our recommended free books and free tutorials


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