Self-Hosted Google URL Shortener Alternatives

Google URL Shortener is not available as a self-hosted solution but there are some alternatives for power users and business that want to host a solution on-premise. The best Self-Hosted alternative is Polr, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to Google URL Shortener and five of them are available as a self-hosted solution so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Self-Hosted alternatives to Google URL Shortener are YOURLS, Wurlie, Lessn More and PHPUrl.

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  1. Polr icon
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    Like everything else here, Polr is an open source and self-hostable web application. It's a fast and simple URL shortener with a robust API for using with command line applications.

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    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Apache HTTP Server
    • PHP
     
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    Polr vs Google URL Shortener Comments
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    quick and without registration

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    It's the alternative of growth for Goo.gl as it's free an unlimited.

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    • Polr is Free and Open SourceGoogle URL Shortener is Free and Proprietary
  2. YOURLS icon
     43 likes

    Self-hosted solution for creating and managing short URLs on your own server, offering full data control, open-source code, analytics, detailed statistics, developer APIs, bookmarklets, plugin-based extensibility, tracking, custom URLs, and privacy features.

    151 YOURLS alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Cloudron
     
  3. Wurlie icon
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    Create your own Short Url Site now. The Wurlie PHP script comes with 100% source code, support and free updates.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
     
  4. Lessn More icon
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    Lessn More is a fork of Lessn with support for more types of short URLs than Lessn supported; stats; and other enhancements.

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    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  5.  1 like

    PHPurl is a simple script that allows users to make a shorter url. This is great when you have a long url (ex: http://blondish.net/scripts/phpurl/) and you want to make it shorter for SMS or other things that have a limit on how many characters you can type (ex: Twitter).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
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