Kutt
Modern URL shortener with support for custom domains and custom URLs.
Maintained, but at a slower pace than the leaders in its category.
Commit activity more than 11% of tracked projects; popularity more than 80%. How this is calculated.
Commits, last 11 months
| Stars | 11k |
|---|---|
| Latest release | v3.2.6 · 5 Jul 2026 |
| Repo updated | 3 Sept 2026 |
| Licence | MIT |
| Built with | Nodejs, Docker |
Is Kutt actively maintained?
Kutt is under active development: 20 commits landed over the last 11 months, averaging roughly 4 commits a month in the most recent quarter.
Activity is accelerating: the last quarter carried 83% more commits than the one before it.
The most recent tagged release, v3.2.6, is about 3 months old.
Kutt ranks #5 of 11 in URL Shorteners, placing it mid-table for maintenance activity.
What Kutt actually does
Kutt is a self-hosted URL shortener that lets you map shortened links to your own custom domains. It provides a centralised way to generate and manage concise links for your web properties. The project is distributed under an open-source MIT licence and is backed by a sizeable community of users.
Best fit: This is a good fit if you need to run your own branding for short links rather than relying on a third-party SaaS provider.
Worth knowing: Maintenance activity is moderate, meaning you should be prepared to handle potential security updates or community patches yourself.
Deployment notes
As a Node.js application packaged with Docker, you will typically need to run it behind a reverse proxy for TLS termination and connect it to a persistent database instance.
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