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Self-Hosting Yourls: Simple URL Shortener

YOURLS is the original self-hosted URL shortener. Simple, hackable, with a plugin ecosystem for extending functionality.

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What Is YOURLS?


YOURLS (Your Own URL Shortener) is a self-hosted URL shortener. It's simple, hackable, and has been around since 2009.


Features


  • Custom short URLs
  • Random short URLs
  • Click tracking and statistics
  • JSON/XML API
  • Bookmarklet for quick shortening
  • Plugin ecosystem
  • Password-protected admin

    • YOURLS vs Shlink


  • YOURLS: Simpler, PHP + MySQL, plugin ecosystem
  • Shlink: More features, better API, modern
  • YOURLS for simplicity, Shlink for advanced needs

    • Deployment


    Deploy on TinyPod. Resources: 1 CPU, 128 MB RAM with MySQL.


    YOURLS is the simplest path to self-hosted URL shortening.