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Polr

Quick, modern and open-source link shortener

URL Shorteners ★ 5.1k stars Medium setup GPL-2.0

Polr is a self-hosted link shortener built with Laravel that offers a minimalist interface, an API, and basic analytics. It is designed to be quick to deploy and easy to use.

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Key features

  • Minimalist link shortener
  • Developer API
  • Basic click analytics
  • Laravel-based

Strengths

  • Released under the GPL-2.0 license
  • First-class Docker support for quick deployment
  • Mature project with 5.1k GitHub stars
  • Written in PHP

Is Polr secure?

No known vulnerabilities affect Polr's latest release (2.3.0b). OSV.dev lists 1 past advisory for the project; none of them applies to this release. No known vulnerabilities is not proof of security: it means none have been publicly catalogued.

  • Most recent fixed advisory CVE-2021-21276, published 2021-02-01 (2081 days ago), fixed in 2.3.0

Source: OSV.dev, checked 2026-10-14. How this is measured.

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