About dpaste.com

The story

I created this pastebin in 2006 and it's been in continuous service ever since.

I originally made it for my fellow early-adopter Django coders in Freenode's #django IRC channel. It caught on. By Django 1.0 (2008), the "Share this traceback" button using dpaste.com was added to Django's debug page, and it remains there today.

I've made regular improvements over the years, and strive to keep it useful and reliable.

The latest big update (summer 2020) brought user accounts, responsive layouts, and HTTPS.

I welcome comments and questions.

Scripts, Tools, Integrations

• See the dpaste-tools repository for the CLI tool dpaste.sh.
• The Django error page for DEBUG mode has a "Share this traceback" button that posts to dpaste.com.
• ipython has a built in %pastebin command that targets dpaste.com.
• WTracks, an online track editor for outdoor activities, uses dpaste.com in its "Share" feature.
• wgetpaste supports dpaste.com and is available via Homebrew, Gentoo, Arch, and from the source.

Base 32 IDs

Item IDs are base 32, with no 0, 1, O, or I. This helps if you need to read one to somebody, or transcribe it without copy/paste. IDs are case-insensitive, though uppercase is canonical.

Colophon

• Application language: Python 3.x
• Application framework: Django 3.x
• Django packages: django-allauth, django-cors-headers, django-maintenancemode, mozilla-django-oidc
• Syntax coloring: Pygments
• Markdown rendering: python-markdown
• HTML/CSS framework: Skeleton
• Fonts: Fira Sans, Fira Mono
• GeoLite2 data: MaxMind
• Version control: Mercurial
• Database: MySQL
• Application hosting: Python Anywhere
• Project hosting: Sourcehut
• TLS Certificate: Let's Encrypt

Where's the source?