Shlink vs YOURLS
Both are self-hosted url shorteners projects. This page compares how well each one is actually maintained — the part you cannot see from a feature list.
| Shlink | YOURLS | |
|---|---|---|
| Health score | 67/100 | 70/100 |
| Commits (11 mo) | 273 | 121 |
| Commits (last 3 mo) | 41 | 38 |
| Stars | 5.3k | 12k |
| Latest release | 21 Sept 2026 | 30 Aug 2026 |
| Licence | MIT | MIT |
| Built with | PHP, Docker | PHP |
| Typical RAM | 1 GB | 1 GB |
Shlink
URL shortener with REST API and command line interface. Includes official progressive web application and docker images.
Maintained, but at a slower pace than the leaders in its category.
Commit activity more than 50% of tracked projects; popularity more than 68%. How this is calculated.
Commits, last 11 months
YOURLS
YOURLS is a set of PHP scripts that will allow you to run Your Own URL Shortener. Features include password protection, URL customization, bookmarklets, statistics, API, plugins, jsonp.
Actively maintained with regular releases.
Commit activity more than 34% of tracked projects; popularity more than 82%. How this is calculated.
Commits, last 11 months
How to read this
Everything above is measured, not opinion: commit counts and release dates come from the public repositories, and the health score ranks each project against all 1352 projects we track. Read the full method.
What this comparison deliberately does not do is tell you which has the better feature set. Maintenance health tells you which project will still be receiving security fixes in two years. Decide that first, then compare features on the projects that survive the filter.
See every option in this category: self-hosted url shorteners.