YOURLS

Free, open-source, self-hosted URL shortener on your own domain.

Best for: people who want to run their own free, open-source URL shortener on their own domain

Starting price: Free plan
Free plan: Yes
Free trial: Not stated by the vendor
Checked on: 2026-10-10

YOURLS (Your Own URL Shortener) is free open-source software you install on your own server to run short links on your own domain. It includes a developer API, bookmarklets and statistics with historical click reports, referrer tracking and visitor geo-location, and it is extended with plugins. The code is MIT licensed. You host it yourself and own your data, and the project is funded by sponsors and donors.

Key features

Short links on your own domain
Developer API
Bookmarklets for creating links
Statistics with historical click reports, referrers and visitor geo-location
Plugin architecture with dozens of plugins

What stands out

Free and open source under the MIT licence
You keep full control of your data
No limits from a vendor on links or clicks

Trade-offs

You install and host it yourself
The page names no hosted or paid service
Analytics are basic compared with paid link platforms

Pricing

Plan	Price	Fees	Includes
Open source (self-hosted)	$0	Not stated	MIT licence Your own domain and server API and plugins

YOURLS is free software: the site says code is MIT licensed and documentation CC BY 4.0, and the project is supported by sponsors and donors on OpenCollective. You pay only for your own hosting. The page does not mention system requirements or any hosted or paid option.

Checked 2026-10-10. Source: yourls.org. Prices change; confirm on the vendor's site before you buy.

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