Shorten.REST AlternativesURL Shorteners and other similar apps like Shorten.REST

Shorten.REST is described as 'Is The World's Best URL Shortening API. Discover The Most Flexible, Robust, Scale-able, Transactional, URL Shortening RESTful API. Start FREE!' and is a URL Shortener in the online services category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Shorten.REST for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, SaaS, Self-Hosted, Windows and Linux apps. The best Shorten.REST alternative is bit.ly, which is free. Other great apps like Shorten.REST are Polr, YOURLS, URLcut.ai and Shlink.

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  1. bit.ly icon
     212 likes

    Enables fast URL shortening, custom back-halves, and branded domains, generates redirectable QR codes, supports bulk link management, advanced analytics, browser extensions, API access, social sharing, collaboration tools, and multi-channel use cases.

    216 bit.ly alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Chrome OS
    • Android Tablet
    • Google Chrome
    • Mozilla Firefox
    • iPad
     
  2. Polr icon
     77 likes

    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.

    Cost / License

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Apache HTTP Server
    • PHP
     
  3. YOURLS icon
     42 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.

    148 YOURLS alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Cloudron
     
  4. URLcut.ai icon
     1 like

    AI-powered URL shortener that reads your page content and suggests smart, contextual short links with advanced analytics and QR code generation.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  5. Shlink icon
     9 likes

    A self-hosted and PHP-based URL shortener application with CLI and REST interfaces

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
  6. TinyURL icon
     30 likes

    Transforms lengthy URLs into short, secure links with options to use branded domains, track link metrics, bulk create links via API, generate QR codes, manage and edit links through a dashboard, export analytics, apply custom aliases, and control privacy.

    183 TinyURL alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  7. adf.ly icon
     42 likes

    Earn money for each visitor to your shortened links with adf.ly! Use a URL shortening service that pays.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  8. T.LY icon
     5 likes

    T.LY is a link management platform built to create short URLs. You enter a long web address and receive a short link that redirects to your original page.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Chrome OS
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Mozilla Firefox
    • Opera
    • Microsoft Edge
     
  9. Zero Width Shortener (abbreviated as ZWS) is a URL shortener that shortens URLs using spaces that have zero width, making them invisible to humans.

    Cost / License

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    Platforms

    • Online
     
  10. Shorte.st icon
     27 likes

    Use shorte.st link shortener to make money online. We pay for each visitor to yourshort link.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  11. Flink is a simple, free, libre, and open source URL shortener built with love and an ASP.NET Core 8 Web API. Why yet another URL shortener, you might ask yourself? Well, because Flink has a unique feature set, and demands around scalability, simplicity, security, and...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Docker
    • Self-Hosted
    • Online
     
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