URL shortening is the action of shortening a URL to make it substantially shorter and still direct to the required page. Before hosting one, please see disadvantages of URL shorteners.Documentation Index
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Applications
bit
Fast, lightweight, resource-efficient, compiled URL shortener.- Source Code: https://github.com/sjdonado/bit
- License: MIT
- Platform: Docker/Crystal
Chhoto URL
Simple, lightning-fast URL shortener with no bloat (fork of simply-shorten).- Source Code: https://github.com/SinTan1729/chhoto-url
- Demo: https://github.com/SinTan1729/chhoto-url?tab=readme-ov-file#demo
- License: MIT
- Platform: Rust/Docker
clink
A super-minimal link shortening service written in pure C, focusing on small executable size, portability, and ease of configuration.- Source Code: https://git.crueter.xyz/crueter/clink
- Demo: https://short.crueter.xyz
- License: AGPL-3.0
- Platform: C
Flink
Create QR Codes, embeddable link previews for your website and crawls/scrapes metadata.- Source Code: https://gitlab.com/rtraceio/web/flink
- Demo: https://flink.is
- License: MIT
- Platform: Docker
Kutt
Modern URL shortener with support for custom domains and custom URLs.- Website: https://kutt.it
- Demo: https://kutt.it
- Source Code: https://github.com/thedevs-network/kutt
- License: MIT
- Platform: Nodejs/Docker
rs-short
Lightweight link shortener written in Rust, with features such as caching, spambot protection and phishing detection.- Source Code: https://git.42l.fr/42l/rs-short
- Demo: https://s.42l.fr/
- License: MPL-2.0
- Platform: Rust
Shlink
URL shortener with REST API and command line interface. Includes official progressive web application and docker images.- Website: https://shlink.io
- Source Code: https://github.com/shlinkio/shlink
- License: MIT
- Platform: PHP/Docker
Simple-URL-Shortener
KISS URL shortener, public or private (with account). Minimalist and lightweight. No dependencies.- Source Code: https://github.com/azlux/Simple-URL-Shortener
- Demo: https://u.azlux.fr
- License: MIT
- Platform: PHP
YOURLS
YOURLS is a set of PHP scripts that will allow you to run Your Own URL Shortener. Features include password protection, URL customization, bookmarklets, statistics, API, plugins, jsonp.- Website: https://yourls.org/
- Source Code: https://github.com/YOURLS/YOURLS
- License: MIT
- Platform: PHP