LogShare vs Hastebin

Hastebin Alternative — Fast, Expiring Pastes

Hastebin was the paste tool for people who disliked paste tools: open, paste, save, link. After Toptal acquired it, the original hastebin.com was archived in 2025, and the open-source haste-server forks need self-hosting. LogShare Text Share keeps the one-second workflow and adds the two things hastebin never had: an expiry you control and a viewer that stays readable for logs.

Side by side

HastebinLogShare
Steps to a linkPaste, savePaste, Share
AccountNoNo
ExpiryFixed, around 30 days after the last view30 minutes to 7 days, chosen per paste
Syntax highlightingYesYes, plus log-aware highlighting and search
StatusOriginal service archived; community forksMaintained, hosted
Self-hostingYes, haste-server is open sourceNot available
Code roomsNoYes, real-time Code Share

Notes about Hastebin describe it as of September 2026; check its own site for current details.

What hastebin got right

Zero ceremony. No title field, no options, no account, a monospace box and a keyboard shortcut. That is why it was in every developer's bookmarks and in half the Discord and IRC help channels, and why its disappearance left a gap that generic paste sites do not fill.

The same habit on LogShare

Text Share is one box and one button. Paste, optionally pick a language and an expiry, click Share, and the link is on your clipboard. The defaults are sensible for the hastebin use case: a plain text paste that lives for 24 hours. Logs get the Log Share view instead, with line numbers, ERROR and WARN highlighting and a search box, because a 4,000-line log in a plain paste is where hastebin fell down.

Self-hosting versus a hosted service

If you liked hastebin because you could run haste-server on your own box, that option still exists through the forks and LogShare does not replace it. If you liked it because someone else ran it and it was always up, that is what LogShare is: a hosted service with automatic expiry, no accounts and no ads on shared content.

Paste and get an expiring link No account. Logs get line numbers and search on Log Share.

FAQ

Is hastebin gone for good?

As of September 2026 the original hastebin.com is archived and does not accept new pastes. The haste-server code is open source, so self-hosted copies and community forks continue to exist.

Does LogShare need an account like the newer paste sites?

No. Nothing on LogShare needs an account, and there is no paste history tied to you; keep the link if you need to find a paste again.

How long does a LogShare paste last?

You choose when you create it: 30 minutes, 1 hour, 6 hours, 24 hours or 7 days. When it expires the content is deleted and the link returns a 410 Gone page.

Is there a raw or plain-text view?

Every share page has a one-click copy of the full text, and log shares can be searched and wrapped in place. Raw text is also what you get back when you copy, with no line numbers mixed in.