Open-source Short.io alternatives

Dub is an open-source platform for attributing results to links, aimed at marketing teams. It handles short links, tracking of conversions and affiliate programs, so teams can see which campaigns and partners drive results. It is written in TypeScript with Next.js, and the repository metadata lists the license as Other, so check the repository for the exact terms before reuse.

The README documents a stack that includes Tailwind CSS, Prisma, Upstash for Redis, Tinybird for analytics, PlanetScale for the database, NextAuth.js, BoxyHQ for SAML SSO, Turborepo, Stripe, Resend for email and Vercel for deployment. A self-hosting guide is provided for people who want more control over their data and design. Contributors can follow the local development guide, which lists recommended Node.js and pnpm versions and common fixes for build problems. The topics also mention ClickHouse and MySQL.

YOURLS, short for Your Own URL Shortener, is a set of PHP scripts that lets you run a link shortening service on your own server. Because you host it yourself, you keep full control over the data rather than depending on a third-party shortener, and you can serve short links from your own domain.

The software provides detailed statistics and analytics for each link, and a plugin system lets the community extend it. Beginners and experts alike are pointed to the documentation at docs.yourls.org, an official blog, an Awesome YOURLS list of plugins and tools, and community discussions on GitHub. Support from backers and sponsors is handled through Open Collective.

YOURLS is written in PHP and released under the MIT license. It is free and open source, and contributors are asked to search existing issues and read the contributing guidelines before opening a new one. It is a good fit for marketing teams and developers who want branded short links without sending click data elsewhere.

Kutt is a modern URL shortener that supports custom domains. Users can create and edit links, view statistics and manage their accounts, while administrators get a page for managing users and links. It is built with self-hosting in mind and needs no configuration to get started.

Individual links can have a custom address, a password, a description and an expiration time, and the click statistics for shortened URLs are private. The app supports SQLite, Postgres and MySQL, with Redis available as an optional cache. Registration and anonymous link creation can be turned off, OpenID Connect login is supported, and a RESTful API plus themes and customization options are included.

Kutt runs on Node.js 20 or above with no build step, and it can also be started with Docker. The code is JavaScript under the MIT license, with browser extensions and integrations listed in the README. The maintainers warn that the kutt.it domain is no longer theirs, so the official hosted site is kutt.to.

Sink is a link shortener with built-in analytics that runs entirely on Cloudflare's serverless platform, so there are no traditional servers to manage. Its topics describe it as an alternative to Bitly, built with Nuxt, Tailwind CSS and shadcn-ui, and it is intended for individuals and small teams that want a simple, self-hosted shortener.

Links can have customizable slugs, UTM parameters and optional case-sensitive matching, with expirations, passwords and unsafe-link warning pages for control. Smart routing redirects visitors by device or country, social previews can be customized, QR codes are generated, and links can be imported and exported as JSON with analytics export as CSV. An optional AI assistant on Cloudflare Workers AI can suggest slugs and OpenGraph metadata. Analytics show a live 3D globe and event logs using short polling intervals, and the interface is available in many languages.

Sink is licensed under AGPL-3.0. A sibling project called Slite shares the same features but runs as a local Node.js or Docker process. For professional needs such as a managed service, multiple users and an SLA, the README points to a separate product, S.EE.

Shlink is a self-hosted URL shortener that serves shortened links under a domain you control. Because you run it yourself, the link data stays on your own infrastructure instead of a third-party shortening service, and short URLs carry your own branding.

It is built in PHP and exposes a REST API for creating and managing short URLs. It runs on PHP 8.4 or 8.5 with a database of your choice among MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL, Microsoft SQL Server and SQLite, and it can integrate with RabbitMQ. Users can deploy a pre-bundled dist package, build from source, or use the official Docker image configured through environment variables.

Shlink is released under the MIT licence and written in PHP. The README covers only the basics, while the full searchable documentation on shlink.io explains configuration and everything else the tool can do once it is running. Contributions are welcome.

Polr is an open-source URL shortener that organizations and individuals can host themselves to create branded short links while keeping control over the underlying click data. It targets users who want an alternative to third-party shorteners for privacy or branding reasons.

It is built in PHP on the Lumen micro-framework with MySQL as its database, and includes a themable web interface along with a documented REST API for programmatic link creation. The project also lists a Safari browser extension and a Python client library, mypolr, for interacting with the API.

Installation involves cloning or downloading the repository, pointing a web server's document root at the public folder, creating a MySQL database and completing a setup wizard. Polr uses semantic versioning and notes that upgrading from its 1.x line to 2.x involves breaking changes. It is released under the GPL license.

Pygmy is a URL shortener and analytics tool written in Python, designed to be easy to host and run as your own custom shortener. Its architecture is loosely coupled so custom integrations can be added without much effort.

The project has three parts: the core shortening code, a REST API built with Flask, and a Django-based user interface. Features include custom short URLs, links that expire automatically, secret key protected URLs, user sign-up and login, a dashboard for tracked links, and link statistics that you reach by adding a plus sign to the short URL.

It supports PostgreSQL, MySQL and SQLite through SQLAlchemy, uses JWT for API authentication, and can be run with Docker using the published image or set up manually from source. Pygmy is MIT licensed, and a public demo shows how it works. It suits individuals and small teams who want their own branded short links.