Pastefy

Pastefy addresses the privacy and control concerns of using public pastebin services where shared code snippets may contain sensitive information like API keys, database credentials, internal URLs, or proprietary logic that should never be publicly indexed or accessible to the service provider. By self-hosting, developers and teams ensure code sharing remains within controlled infrastructure where access policies, data retention, and privacy settings are determined by organizational needs rather than third-party terms of service.

Common Use Cases

Developers share code snippets during debugging sessions, code reviews, and pair programming where syntax highlighting makes complex code readable and line numbers enable precise reference to specific sections. The folder organization allows maintaining collections of frequently-used snippets, configuration templates, and reference implementations. DevOps teams share logs, configuration files, and command outputs during incident response where sensitive infrastructure details should not appear on public pastebin services that index content for search engines. The expiration feature ensures debugging information doesn't persist indefinitely. Technical writers create and organize code examples for documentation, tutorials, and training materials using folders to group related snippets by topic or project, with the ability to update content without changing share links. Support teams share error logs and configuration snippets with customers using password-protected pastes that prevent unauthorized access while enabling secure troubleshooting collaboration. Students and educators share programming assignments, code examples, and solutions using syntax highlighting that makes learning materials more readable than plain text submissions. API developers document request and response examples using the JSON and XML highlighting, organizing collections of API interaction patterns in folders for easy reference.

Key Features

• Syntax highlighting for 100+ languages
• Folder organization for paste collections
• Password protection for sensitive content
• Expiration settings for temporary pastes
• User accounts for paste management
• Anonymous paste creation
• REST API for integrations
• Raw paste view for copying
• Line numbers for reference
• Mobile-responsive interface
• Dark mode support
• Paste forking and editing
• Share link generation
• Multi-file paste support

Why deploy Pastefy on Hostinger VPS

Deploying Pastefy on Hostinger VPS provides teams with a private code sharing platform where sensitive snippets containing credentials, internal configurations, and proprietary code never leave organizational control or appear on third-party servers that may be compromised, subpoenaed, or analyzed for competitive intelligence. Unlike public pastebin services that index content for search engines and display advertising that may include competitor targeting, self-hosted Pastefy keeps all shared code completely private and advertisement-free. The VPS deployment enables custom retention policies that satisfy compliance requirements for code handling, allowing organizations to automatically expire pastes containing sensitive information rather than relying on public services with their own retention rules. Self-hosting eliminates the size and rate limits that public pastebin services impose, enabling sharing of large log files, complete configuration examples, and extensive code blocks without truncation or throttling. For development teams with security policies prohibiting use of external code sharing services, VPS deployment provides the collaboration benefits of pastebin functionality while maintaining security compliance. The dedicated resources ensure consistent performance during active development periods when teams share numerous snippets without the slowdowns affecting public services during peak usage.