Bitly shortens links and tracks clicks, but custom domains, analytics history and link counts are tied to paid plans. Running your own shortener gives you branded links on your domain, unlimited redirects and click data you actually own.
9 open-source alternatives to Bitly you can host yourself, ranked by GitHub stars and updated daily.
| # | App | Category | Stars | Language | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
YOURLS/YOURLS
|
URL Shorteners | 12,305 | PHP | today |
| 2 |
shlinkio/shlink
|
URL Shorteners | 5,421 | PHP | today |
| 3 |
cydrobolt/polr
|
URL Shorteners | 5,087 | PHP | 2y |
| 4 |
yourselfhosted/slash
|
Bookmarks & Read-later | 3,190 | TypeScript | 2mo |
| 5 |
SinTan1729/chhoto-url
|
URL Shorteners | 1,010 | Rust | today |
| 6 |
JaneJeon/blink
archived
|
Social Networks & Forums | 288 | JavaScript | 7mo |
| 7 |
ldidry/lstu
|
URL Shorteners | 215 | Perl | 1y |
| 8 |
Lynx-Shortener/Lynx
archived
|
URL Shorteners | 205 | Vue | 1y |
| 9 |
miawinter98/just-short-it
|
URL Shorteners | 73 | HTML | 2y |