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(Updated to reflect the live status of the service and to add institutional knowledge around use cases as well the Debian service.)
(paste has been deprecated since February and decommissioned on march 31)
 
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'''Use cases:'''
paste.mozilla.org/pastebin.mozilla.org was a publicly available pasting service used as a collaboration tool for sharing snippets of text or code.
All links and data would expire after a maximum of 3 weeks.


* It is useful when you are working with a contributor on Matrix and there is a need to send each other commands, logs, or program output.
This service was retired in March 2025. There are several alternatives that can be found online, with varying features and degrees of support.
* It is really useful for sharing code where you may need to collaborate with others, but do not want to share the code permanently - for example when troubleshooting in IRC/Matrix, knowing that you can share things that can be deleted in Nth period of time.
* Running our own instance in Mozilla gives us moderation tools that we don't generally get with free offerings elsewhere.
* Add-on reviewers use Mozilla's Pastebin to share console logs with developers on their code builds.
* It is built into the build system (mach pastebin) so it is super easy for devs to reach for.
 
 
A list of alternatives in [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1480438 bug 1480438]  including:
 
Public-facing, authentication required:
* [https://gist.github.com/ Github gists]
* [https://docs.google.com/ Google Docs]
 
Public-facing, unauthenticated:
* [https://paste.mozilla.org/ paste.mozilla.org (a dpaste instance)]
* [https://paste.debian.net/ Debian Pastezone]
 
Public-facing, unauthenticated, unsupported:
* [https://dpaste.de/ dpaste]
* [https://hastebin.com/ hastebin]
* [https://pastebin.com/ Pastebin.com]
 
Authenticated Mozillians can choose:
 
* gdocs/gdrive
* the Mana collaborative editor (coming soon)
 
Other, less practical suggestions have included:
 
* Postcards
* Bathroom walls
* Various proposals involving the phrase "beware of the leopard"

Latest revision as of 11:19, 2 April 2025

Pastebin.Mozilla.org

paste.mozilla.org/pastebin.mozilla.org was a publicly available pasting service used as a collaboration tool for sharing snippets of text or code. All links and data would expire after a maximum of 3 weeks.

This service was retired in March 2025. There are several alternatives that can be found online, with varying features and degrees of support.

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