Dub
URL ShortenersOpen-source link management platform
Replaces Bitly, Rebrandly
Best Multi-User URL Shorteners for self-hosting
The 13 best Multi-User url shorteners you can self-host, ranked by community traction.
YOURLS
URL ShortenersYour own URL shortener with stats and plugins
Replaces Bitly
Kutt
URL ShortenersModern open-source URL shortener with analytics
Replaces Bitly, TinyURL
Shlink
URL ShortenersThe definitive self-hosted URL shortener
Replaces Bitly, Rebrandly
Polr
URL ShortenersQuick, modern and open-source link shortener
Replaces Bitly
Slash
URL ShortenersOpen-source, self-hosted bookmarks and link shortener
Replaces Bitly, go links
Shlink Web Client
URL ShortenersWeb dashboard for managing Shlink instances
Replaces Bitly
Trotto
URL ShortenersOpen-source go-links for company shortcuts
Replaces Golinks, GoLinks.io
bit
URL ShortenersFast, lightweight, resource-efficient, compiled URL shortener
Simple-URL-Shortener
URL ShortenersKISS URL shortener, public or private (with account)
Flink
URL ShortenersCreate QR Codes, embeddable link previews for your website
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
No apps match these filters.
At a glance
| App | Deploy effort | Difficulty | Min. RAM | License | ★ Stars |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dub | Under-an-hour setup | Hard | 1,024 MB | AGPL-3.0 | 24,879 |
| YOURLS | Under-an-hour setup | Easy | 128 MB | MIT | 12,260 |
| Kutt | Under-an-hour setup | Medium | 512 MB | MIT | 11,153 |
| Shlink | Under-an-hour setup | Medium | 256 MB | MIT | 5,338 |
| Polr | Under-an-hour setup | Medium | 256 MB | GPL-2.0 | 5,092 |
| Slash | Under-an-hour setup | Easy | 256 MB | MIT | 3,183 |
| Shlink Web Client | Under-an-hour setup | Easy | 128 MB | MIT | 398 |
| Trotto | Under-an-hour setup | Medium | 512 MB | Apache-2.0 | 349 |
| bit | Under-an-hour setup | Medium | 512 MB | MIT | 108 |
| Simple-URL-Shortener | Read-the-docs project | Medium | 512 MB | MIT | 60 |
Quick picks
- Most adopted: Dub (24,879 GitHub stars).
- Lightest footprint: YOURLS (from 128 MB RAM, against 1,024 MB for the heaviest here).
- Licensing: 8 of 13 use MIT; check the rest individually if you plan to modify and redistribute.
Every option here is open-source and self-hostable, tagged Multi-User within the url shorteners category. Deploy effort is graded from published container recipes, not vendor claims — see the methodology.