YOURLS
YOURLS is an open-source, self-hosted app in the URL Shorteners category, licensed MIT and written mainly in PHP. It is a self-hosted alternative to Bitly. It has 12,284 GitHub stars and its last commit was on Oct 25, 2026 (data as of Oct 26, 2026).
GitHub stats
- GitHub stars
- 12,284
- Forks
- 2,076
- Open issues
- 46
- Commits, last 12 months
- 127
- Last commit
- Oct 25, 2026
- Latest release
- 1.10.6Aug 30, 2026
- Created
- Aug 22, 2012
- License
- MITOpen source
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Project health
ActiveActive: last commit Oct 25, 2026, 127 commits in 12 months.
- Regular releases4 releases in 12 months
- Security policyPublishes a security policy on GitHub
| Last commit | Oct 25, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Commits, last 12 months | 127 |
| Latest release | 1.10.6 (Aug 30, 2026) |
| Releases, last 12 months | 4 |
| Releases, all time | 27 |
| Open issues | 46 |
| Open pull requests | 10 |
| Good first issues | 0 |
| Contributing guide | Yes |
| Security policy | Yes |
| Created | Aug 22, 2012 |
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About 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.
Description adapted from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0). Source code: github.com/YOURLS/YOURLS.
Topics
- yourls
- php
- url-shortener
- short-url
- link-shortener
- shorten-urls
- shortener
- urlshortener
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Is YOURLS free and open source?
Yes. YOURLS is open-source software released under the MIT license, so you can self-host it at no cost. You only pay for the server it runs on, and some projects also offer an optional paid cloud plan.
Can I run YOURLS with Docker?
YOURLS does not list an official Docker image. It installs natively (PHP), so follow the install steps in its README or look for a community-maintained container.
What are the best alternatives to YOURLS?
Popular self-hosted alternatives to YOURLS include Dub, Kutt and Shlink. YOURLS itself is a self-hosted alternative to Bitly.
Is YOURLS actively maintained?
The most recent commit to YOURLS was on Oct 25, 2026 with 127 commits in the past twelve months. The latest release is 1.10.6, published Aug 30, 2026. It had 46 open issues on GitHub. appsgit's project-health label for it is "Active" as of Oct 26, 2026.