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Self-hosted URL Shorteners software (2026)
[URL shortening](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/URL_shortening) is the action of shortening a [URL](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniform_Resource_Locator) to make it substantially shorter and still direct to the required page. Before hosting one, please see [disadvantages](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/URL_shortening#Disadvantages) of URL shorteners.
9 open-source apps · all free & self-hostable
Chhoto URL source
Simple, lightning-fast URL shortener with no bloat (fork of simply-shorten).
clink
A super-minimal link shortening service written in pure C, focusing on small executable size, portability, and ease of configuration.
Flink
Create QR Codes, embeddable link previews for your website and crawls/scrapes metadata.
Kutt source
Modern URL shortener with support for custom domains and custom URLs.
rs-short
Lightweight link shortener written in Rust, with features such as caching, spambot protection and phishing detection.
Shlink source
URL shortener with REST API and command line interface. Includes official progressive web application and docker images.
Simple-URL-Shortener
KISS URL shortener, public or private (with account). Minimalist and lightweight. No dependencies.
YOURLS source
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.