Dev tools · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to CloakBin
Zero-knowledge Encrypted Pastebin
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.
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Hi HN! I built hidetext.sh — a way to share text, code, and files through links the server can't read. How it works: your browser generates a random key and encrypts everything locally (NaCl secretbox, XSalsa20-Poly1305). Only ciphertext is uploaded. The key goes into the URL fragment — the part after # — which browsers never send to servers. The link carries the key, my server stores the locked box, and the two only meet in a browser. A design detail I'm fairly happy with: burn-after-read doesn't destroy the paste on the first HTTP request. The naive version means a Slack or iMessage link…
Jul 2026 · hidetext.sh · its alternatives →
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Encrypted pastebin — your data never touches our servers
Mar 2026 · securebin.ai · its alternatives →
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2017 · incoherency.co.uk · its alternatives →
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Cryptbin▲67Create encrypted pastes faster and easier than ever
2014 · cryptbin.com · its alternatives →
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TextBin▲104A privacy focused open source alternative to paste bin
2024 · marketplace.visualstudio.com · its alternatives →
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Stasher is a tiny CLI tool that lets you share encrypted secrets that burn after reading — no accounts, no logins, no servers to trust. I built it because I just wanted to share a password. Not spin up infra. Not register for some "secure" web app. Not trust Slack threads. Just send a secret. Secrets are encrypted client-side with AES-256-GCM. You get a `uuid:key` token to share. Once someone reads it, it's gone. If they don't read it in 10 minutes, it expires and deleted. Everything is verifiable. Every release is signed, SLSA-attested, SBOM-included, and logged in the Rekor transparency…
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Zero-knowledge encrypted pastes. Not even we can read them.
Jun 2026 · rsaatlabs.com · its alternatives →
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Encrypted filesharing through the IPFS network
2021 · sedo.com · its alternatives →
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2011 · hastebin.com · its alternatives →
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28d ago · cms-sfx-demo.apeleg.com · its alternatives →
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Share secrets with total privacy
Mar 2026 · paste.devstudioal.com · its alternatives →
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Seal sensitive docs before they leave the browser
Aug 2026 · compliancelocker.app · its alternatives →
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THIS PASTE WILL UNLOCK IN 200 SECONDS BB\r\n\r\nControlC is a developer's best friend in the world of code sharing and collaboration. Often dubbed as
2014 · binbox.io · its alternatives →
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