Dev tools · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to ScorchPad
Zero-knowledge encrypted pastes. Not even we can read them.
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.
- 1HS
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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Burner Note▲222In 2021 after getting thoroughly sick of Privnote, i built "Burner Note". Even though i didn't promote it in anyway other than a post here and a post on reddit, it ended up getting about 7000(ish) unique users per month. I kinda let it die about 18 months ago but i've resurrected it with some big upgrades. Most botable the app is now truly end to end encrypted (previously was just server side), and I've added dark mode as well as a few other bells and whistles. Feedback welcomed.
Jan 2026 · burnernote.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 →
- 4CC
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- 62B
2018 · jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj.github.io · its alternatives →
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OP here. I built this because I recently caught myself almost pasting a block of logs containing AWS keys into Claude. The Problem: I need the reasoning capabilities of cloud models (GPT/Claude/Gemini), but I can't trust myself not to accidentally leak PII or secrets. The Solution: A Chrome extension that acts as a local middleware. It intercepts the prompt and runs a local BERT model (via a Python FastAPI backend) to scrub names, emails, and keys before the request leaves the browser. A few notes up front (to set expectations clearly): Everything runs 100% locally. Regex detection…
Dec 2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Prove that you said things before anyone else
Jun 2026 · yousaidthat.org · its alternatives →
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Secret Scribble▲103Secure your passwords with an, open-source password manager
2024 · secretscribble.42web.io · its alternatives →
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Free, end-to-end encrypted notes that burn instantly.
Jul 2026 · scorchnote.com · its alternatives →
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Share secrets with total privacy
Mar 2026 · paste.devstudioal.com · its alternatives →
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Find the plaintext secrets on your Mac and move them behind Touch ID, injected just in time without breaking the tools that read them. Free and local-first. - jitpass/jit
Aug 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Free zero-knowledge encrypted notepad — no account needed
Jul 2026 · securetext.cloud · its alternatives →
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- 19PA
Pastebin.com is the number one paste tool since 2002. Pastebin is a website where you can store text online for a set period of time.
2015 · pastebin.com · its alternatives →
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I like playing around with bookmarklets (bookmarks that are executable JavaScript) And I wanted to make a Quine (code that prints a copy of its own source code ad infinitum) So I made a bookmark-only notepad that saves a copy of its own executable and current state to a JavaScript executable bookmarklet. As you type, a link on the page updates with the source code and the internal state. You can drag this link to the bookmarks bar to “save” your work. Works cross device if you have browser sync on. No server involved!
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
- 21HT
2017 · incoherency.co.uk · 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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Encrypted pastebin — your data never touches our servers
Mar 2026 · securebin.ai · its alternatives →
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Self-destructing encrypted messages, files & screenshots
Jul 2026 · secretnote.eu · its alternatives →
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- Hidetext.sh – encrypted pastebin where the server never sees the key alternatives
- Burner Note alternatives
- Stasher – Burn-after-read secrets from the CLI, no server, no trust alternatives
- Codr.cc - Etherpad meets Pastebin Meets Notepad.cc: live code sharing alternatives
- Encrypt37 alternatives
- ~200 byte in-browser, no JS, private notepad alternatives
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