Life & fun · alternatives · 2026

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Diffboard, a pastebin alternative with diffs launched in 2012; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1AS
   A Simple Diff-Based Copyediting Tool▲5

   2011 · diffly.heroku.com · its alternatives →

2. 2S
   sidebranch▲102

   Easy git-based visual diffing

   Sep 2026 · sidebranch.dev · its alternatives →

3. 3
   CotEditor▲102

   The free plain-text editor for OS X

   2014 · coteditor.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   MarkRight▲84

   A minimalistic github flavored markdown editor

   2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Fulvid▲86

   A standalone desktop editor for Markdown and MDX

   Sep 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   CopyClip 2▲71

   Clipboard management done right

   2015 · fiplab.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Pastes.sh – A Pastebin for Hackers▲5

   a pastebin for hackers

   2023 · pastes.sh · its alternatives →

8. 8MS
   Minimalistic secure open source paste bin service▲9

   2016 · bin.so · its alternatives →

9. 9AS
   A scalable clipboard manager for Linux▲6

   This is incredibly over-engineered, but it was quite a fun process. :)

   2024 · alexsaveau.dev · its alternatives →

10. 10TF
    Tool for diffing websites and mockups – Matchstick▲9

    2020 · matchstick.xyz · its alternatives →

11. 11CA
    Codeshare.app – open-source pastebin for developers▲5

    2024 · codeshare.app · its alternatives →

12. 12
    KeenWrite, a Desktop Text Editor▲6

    2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Stencil▲9

    A Compiler for Web Components

    2017 · stenciljs.com · its alternatives →

14. 14XR
    XMap – Replacing your walls of sticky notes▲5

    2015 · xmapit.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    ClipURLCleaner: Cleaning URLs in your clipboard▲6

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Deterministic Style Sheets▲6

    2018 · twitter.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Ghostwriter▲5

    A distraction-free Markdown editor for Windows and Linux

    2016 · wereturtle.github.io · its alternatives →

18. 18CM
    Codeposters – making code into art▲8

    2016 · codeposters.io · its alternatives →

19. 19DP
    Doksbin - Pastebin for Documents▲7

    2012 · doksbin.com · its alternatives →

20. 20TI
    tascii.io – a multiplayer ASCII character grid▲9

    2018 · tascii.io · its alternatives →

21. 21SI
    Small in-browser editor for ZIP and OLE archives▲8

    2017 · sheetjs.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Epsilon – Space-optimized diff calculation algorithm▲6

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

23. 23AS
    A semantic diff tool for GitHub codebases▲5

    2013 · nodeknockout.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    HTBL – A stupid way to write back ends in HTML▲8

    2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →