Open Source SimLink AlternativesURL Shorteners and other similar apps like SimLink

The best open source alternative to SimLink is Polr. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to SimLink and 11 is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to SimLink are YOURLS, OpenShortlink, Shlink and Zero Width Shortener.

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  1. 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.

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    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Apache HTTP Server
    • PHP
     
  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. OpenShort.link is the all-in-one, open-source, serverless URL shortener. It runs 100% on Cloudflare and offers one-click installation.

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    • Cloudflare
    • Self-Hosted
     
  4. Shlink icon
     9 likes

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

    147 Shlink alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
  5. Zero Width Shortener (abbreviated as ZWS) is a URL shortener that shortens URLs using spaces that have zero width, making them invisible to humans.

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    • Online
     
  6. 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
     
  7. UrlHum icon
     2 likes

    UrlHum provides advanced analytics data without ruining users experience and keeping their Privacy safe.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
     
  8. Lessn More icon
     2 likes

    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
     
  9. Pygmy icon
     1 like

    Pygmy: Open-source, extensible & easy-to-use URL shortener.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  10. This is a minimal URL shortener that can be entirely hosted on GitHub pages. It does not need the maintenance of any servers or databases and can be hosted entirely on GitHub for free!.

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
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