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hasty-pastevsMicroBin

Two self-hosted Pastebins projects, compared on the numbers selfhost.directory tracks live: score, popularity, release cadence and setup effort.

hasty-pasteMicroBin
Score48/10067/100
Rank in category#10 of 19 in Pastebins#2 of 19 in Pastebins
GitHub stars2544 626
Stars, last 30 days—+63
Stable releases, 12 months43
Latest releasev2.4.1 · 3 Sept 2026v2.1.4 · 8 Mar 2026
SetupEasyEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0BSD-3-Clause
Main languageGoRust

Which one should you pick?

MicroBin scores 67/100 against 48/100 for hasty-paste, so it is the safer default.

hasty-paste ships more often: 4 stable releases in the past year, against 3 for MicroBin.

MicroBin is growing faster right now (+63 stars in 30 days).

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