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ByteStash Hosting

Save, organize, search, and share reusable code snippets from a clean web interface.

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  • One click deploy
  • 1 GB RAM Memory needed
  • 15 GB Disk Space Needed
  • From 2 € Price

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Docker image
ghcr.io/jordan-dalby/bytestash:latest
Default port
5000

How ByteStash works

ByteStash stores a snippet with code or text, language metadata, categories, tags, description, and other supported details. Users can search and filter the library, edit entries, inspect revisions, and share selected material. The focus is reusable reference content rather than a full source repository with branches, pull requests, builds, releases, and issue tracking.

Documented API endpoints and an MCP server can expose snippets to external tools and artificial-intelligence clients. Those integrations require HTTPS, API keys, compatible clients, and any external model subscription. Granting an assistant access to the library can disclose its contents to that provider, so API keys and MCP access should be scoped carefully and tested with non-sensitive snippets.

Key ByteStash features

The catalogue generates a JWT secret, persists snippet data, and sets ALLOW_NEW_ACCOUNTS=true. While that value remains active, anyone who can reach the service may create an account. Administrators should create intended users, review the registration setting, and avoid broad publication of the address before the access policy is secured.

ByteStash is not a password vault or secret-management system. Code snippets can accidentally contain access tokens, private keys, credentials, personal data, or vulnerable commands. The hosted package does not scan content for secrets, malware, licence obligations, security defects, or unsafe instructions. Review material before saving or sharing it.

ByteStash vs GitHub Gists

ByteStash and GitHub Gists both store and share code fragments. ByteStash provides a dedicated self-hosted library with categories, tags, search, accounts, revisions, an API, and MCP access. Gists are provider-hosted Git repositories within GitHub, with revision history, cloning, forking, comments, embedding, and public or secret visibility.

GitHub Gists may suit developers who already use GitHub and want a maintained public sharing workflow. A secret gist is unlisted rather than private, so it should not hold credentials. ByteStash is more attractive when a group wants a controlled snippet catalogue and accepts responsibility for registration, access, review, API keys, and recovery.

Who uses ByteStash

Developers collect configuration examples, support engineers store reviewed diagnostic commands, and teams document short patterns that do not justify a full repository. An MCP connection can make approved snippets available to compatible tools, provided the organisation accepts the external client and model data flow.

ByteStash is less suitable for production secrets, complete software projects, code review, package distribution, legal licence analysis, or security assurance. Snippets copied into a shell, database, or infrastructure tool should be understood and adapted before execution.

Self-hosting ByteStash: requirements and cost

ByteStash resource use grows with accounts, snippet count, revision history, search, tags, shared views, API traffic, MCP requests, and concurrent sessions. The catalogue provisions no PostgreSQL or MariaDB service and persists /data/snippets. The software itself is free to run, while external AI models, clients, and provider usage can have separate limits and costs.

On AvaHost, ByteStash uses Plan 1 at €2. The hosted ByteStash package includes one-click deployment, a custom domain with automated HTTPS, automatic application updates, and scheduled backups. Account registration is enabled. Secret scanning, malware analysis, code review, licence review, repository hosting, artificial-intelligence subscriptions, MCP clients, model privacy guarantees, and safe execution of copied commands are not included. Restrict registration, protect API keys, and keep live credentials out of snippets.

F.A.Q

  • ByteStash starts at €2 on Plan 1. A modest private snippet library can begin on the entry plan. Account count, snippets, revisions, searches, tags, shared views, API calls, MCP requests, and concurrent sessions determine when the installation would benefit from additional capacity.

  • The catalogue sets `ALLOW_NEW_ACCOUNTS=true`, so anyone who can reach the service may register while that value remains enabled. Create the intended accounts, review access settings, and restrict public exposure before storing internal code. Registration does not make a snippet safe to share, and account access should be removed when no longer needed.

  • No artificial-intelligence model, subscription, inference allowance, or compatible MCP client is included. ByteStash exposes documented tools that an authorised external client can call using an API key and HTTPS. Review the provider’s privacy terms, scope the key, and avoid granting model access to snippets containing credentials, personal data, or confidential code.

  • A custom domain can point to ByteStash, and automated HTTPS protects browser, API, and MCP traffic to that address. Configure external clients with the final URL and a restricted API key. HTTPS does not provide secret scanning, code review, licence analysis, malware detection, or assurance that a copied command is safe to execute.