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Hosted link shortener with analytics and QR codes. A closed product from Bitly.
| Tool | Fit | Stars | Licence | Terms | Self-hosted | Language | Latest | Last push |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dub | Full replacement | 25k | Other | Open core | Yes | TypeScript | none | 2026-10-06 |
| YOURLS | Full replacement | 12k | MIT | Open source | Yes | PHP | 1.10.6 | 2026-10-05 |
| Kutt | Full replacement | 11k | MIT | Open source | Yes | JavaScript | v3.2.6 | 2026-09-03 |
| Sink | Full replacement | 7.2k | AGPL-3.0 | Open source | Yes | TypeScript | v0.3.1 | 2026-09-27 |
| Shlink | Full replacement | 5.3k | MIT | Open source | Yes | PHP | v5.1.7 | 2026-09-21 |
| Slash | Partial | 3.2k | AGPL-3.0 | Open source | Yes | TypeScript | v0.5.3 | 2026-08-24 |
| Chhoto URL | Partial | 980 | MIT | Open source | Yes | Rust | 7.8.2 | 2026-09-27 |
7 alternatives
The modern link attribution platform. Loved by world-class marketing teams like Framer, Perplexity, Superhuman, Twilio, Buffer and more.
Short links on custom domains, analytics and QR codes.
🔗 The 𝘥𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘰 standard, self hosted, powerful and customizable, URL shortener in PHP
PHP short link service with stats and plugins.
Free Modern URL Shortener.
Short links on custom domains, with click statistics and an API.
⚡ A Simple, Speedy, Secure, and Serverless Link Shortener with Analytics, Running Entirely on Cloudflare.
Short links with analytics, deployed on your own Cloudflare account rather than on a server you run.
The definitive self-hosted URL shortener
Short links on your domains with visit stats, a REST API and a separate web client.
An open source, self-hosted platform for sharing and managing your most frequently used links. Easily create customizable, human-readable shortcuts to streamline your link management.
Short links to the pages a team uses most, organised in collections, with a browser extension.
A simple, blazingly fast, selfhosted URL shortener with no unnecessary features; written in Rust
Short links with hit counts in a small Rust server, without analytics dashboards or QR codes.