Self-Hosted YOURLS Alternatives

There are many alternatives to YOURLS as a self-hosted solution if you are looking for a replacement. The best Self-Hosted alternative is Kutt, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to YOURLS and many of them are available as a self-hosted solution so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Self-Hosted alternatives to YOURLS are Fli.so, Polr, MagLit and Shlink.

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  1. Kutt icon
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    Kutt.it is a free and open source URL shortener with custom domains and stats.

    119 Kutt alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Cloudron
    • Mozilla Firefox
    • Google Chrome
     
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    Comments about Kutt as an Alternative to YOURLS
    viktordw
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    This warning should be removed, the website is working properly. There were a few downtimes, but now they have a large community and the project is actively developed. Keep in mind that it's open source, and you can easily deploy it to your own server or VPS.

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    • Kutt is Freemium and Open SourceYOURLS is Free and Open Source
  2. Fli.so icon
     12 likes

    Fli.so is a lightning-fast URL shortener built with SvelteKit and PocketBase. Clean interface, powerful features, zero complexity. Shorten, customize, and track your links with Fli.so. The easiest way to manage your links, all in one platform.

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    • Self-Hosted
     
  3. 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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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Apache HTTP Server
    • PHP
     
  4. MagLit icon
     11 likes

    MagLit is an encrypted and privacy respecting Link Shortener service that supports not only your regular website links but also Magnet Links which are extensively used to download and share torrents.

    Cost / License

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    Platforms

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

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Cloudflare
    • Self-Hosted
     
  8. Gull icon
     1 like

    Gull is a url shortener inspired by an outdated and not maintained shorterner, mnml! Developer aeolyus brought new life in this project and is ready to use on the website or self hospitable with Docker.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Docker
    • YunoHost
    • Self-Hosted
     
  9. 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
     
  10. Slash is an open source, self-hosted links shortener and sharing platform. It allows you to organize your links with tags, and share them with custom shortened URLs. Slash also supports team sharing of link libraries for easy collaboration.

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    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
    • Google Chrome
    • Firefox
     
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