URL Shorteners
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.
11 Apps
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.
Kutt
Modern URL shortener with support for custom domains and custom URLs.
Shlink
URL shortener with REST API and command line interface. Includes official progressive web application and docker images.
Chhoto URL
Simple, lightning-fast URL shortener with no bloat (fork of simply-shorten).
Flare
A nonbloated, modern, and highly configurable file/screenshot vault server with support for ShareX, Flameshot, and Spectacle. Offers OCR search and more.
bit
Fast, lightweight, resource-efficient, compiled URL shortener.
snowshare
File and link sharing platform with URL shortening, code snippet sharing, and file uploads, featuring customizable expiration, privacy settings, and QR codes.
Simple-URL-Shortener
KISS URL shortener, public or private (with account). Minimalist and lightweight. No dependencies.
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.
rs-short
Lightweight link shortener written in Rust, with features such as caching, spambot protection and phishing detection.