Self-host Opengist

A self-hosted pastebin powered by Git: every snippet is a Git repository you can clone and push to over HTTP or SSH, with revisions, search and embeds, as an open-source alternative to GitHub Gist.

Key facts

What you need

• Any VPS with at least 256 MB of RAM
• A domain you control — most self-hosted setups need HTTPS in front of them
• Under an hour if you've used Docker before

Install with Docker Compose

Save this as compose.yml and run docker compose up -d:

copy# Opengist — official image; port 2222 is Git over SSH (drop it if unused)
services:
  opengist:
    image: ghcr.io/thomiceli/opengist:1.15.2
    restart: unless-stopped
    ports: ["6157:6157", "2222:2222"]
    volumes: ["opengist:/opengist"]
volumes: { opengist: {} }
# docker compose up -d  →  http://SERVER_IP:6157 (the first account created becomes admin)

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