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Opengistvsrustypaste

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

Opengistrustypaste
Score68/10056/100
Rank in category#1 of 19 in Pastebins#32 of 86 in File Sharing
GitHub stars3 4071 214
Stars, last 30 days+54+7
Stable releases, 12 months103
Latest releasev1.15.3 · 21 Oct 2026v0.18.1 · 7 Sept 2026
SetupEasyEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0MIT
Main languageGoRust

Which one should you pick?

Opengist scores 68/100 against 56/100 for rustypaste, so it is the safer default.

Opengist ships more often: 10 stable releases in the past year, against 3 for rustypaste.

Opengist is growing faster right now (+54 stars in 30 days).

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