Simple-URL-Shortener
URL ShortenersKISS URL shortener, public or private (with account)
Best Cross-Platform URL Shorteners for self-hosting
The 4 best Cross-Platform url shorteners you can self-host, ranked by community traction.
Gull
URL ShortenersSimple, modern URL shortener
Replaces bitly
rs-short
URL ShortenersLightweight link shortener written in Rust, with features such
clink
URL ShortenersA super-minimal link shortening service written in pure C, focusing
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At a glance
| App | Deploy effort | Difficulty | Min. RAM | License | ★ Stars |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simple-URL-Shortener | Read-the-docs project | Medium | 512 MB | MIT | 60 |
| Gull | Read-the-docs project | Medium | 50 MB | MPL-2.0 | 37 |
| rs-short | Read-the-docs project | Medium | 512 MB | MPL-2.0 | — |
| clink | Read-the-docs project | Medium | 512 MB | AGPL-3.0 | — |
Quick picks
- Most adopted: Simple-URL-Shortener (60 GitHub stars).
- Lightest footprint: Gull (from 50 MB RAM, against 512 MB for the heaviest here).
- Licensing: 2 of 4 use MPL-2.0; check the rest individually if you plan to modify and redistribute.
Every option here is open-source and self-hostable, tagged Cross-Platform within the url shorteners category. Deploy effort is graded from published container recipes, not vendor claims — see the methodology.