Best Open-source URL Shorteners & Link Management tools

Zero Width Shortener (ZWS)

Compress URLs into invisible characters for seamless sharing

Dub

Open-source link attribution platform for marketing teams

Chhoto URL

Blazingly fast, lightweight self‑hosted URL shortener with built‑in analytics

YOURLS

Self‑hosted, customizable URL shortener built with PHP

Sink

Serverless link shortener with analytics on Cloudflare infrastructure

Shlink

Self-hosted URL shortener with API, CLI, and Docker

UrlHub

Self-hosted URL shortener with custom links, QR codes, and security

Kutt.it

Self-hosted URL shortener with custom domains and API

Url-Shorten-Worker

Fast, serverless URL shortener powered by Cloudflare Workers

Azure Url Shortener

Budget-friendly URL shortener running in your Azure subscription

GitHub Pages URL Shortener

Serverless URL shortener hosted entirely on GitHub Pages

Polr

Self-hosted URL shortener with branding and API control

Pygmy

Self-hosted URL shortener with analytics and custom links

UrlHum

Fast, privacy‑focused URL shortener built on Laravel