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CLUSTER ANALYTICS-SHORTENER-CREATES · 16 ENTRIES · EARLIEST ENTRY 2026-08-19

Self-hosted link shorteners

The cluster consists of self-hosted URL shorteners that generate short links and track click analytics, with interfaces via web and API. The dated history is sparse before 2026, with a single entry in December 2020, then one in March 2025, one in January 2026, and a concentration in mid-2026 (two in June, one in July). linkforge leads traction with 9 stars, while Slite has 2 stars and alp-link has 0 stars.

Entry timeline

ENTRY TIMELINE

MAR 2025: 1JAN 2026: 1JUN 2026: 1JUL 2026: 1AUG 2026: 3SEP 2026: 8OCT 2026: 1
MAR 2025OCT 2026

Each bar is the month a member carries, which is a creation date where the source published one and a crawl date otherwise. Nothing in the index was found before 11 August 2026, and coverage broadened sharply on 14–15 August, so a bar from then on reports how much we found that month, not how much was built; an earlier bar reports how far back a member's own source dated it — not how long we have been watching.

Members by activity

Activity signals, not revenue.

Build origin · 1 ai-built · 3 hand-coded · 12 unlabelled

Operator · 9 hobby · 1 indie · 3 open source · 3 unlabelled

Two labels per entry, never collapsed into one: how it was built, and who stands behind it. Counted over the 16 listed below. Unlabelled means nothing has decided yet — not that the answer is small.

  1. 01Slite40★17 daysliveindieSelf-hosted link shortener that creates short URLs and provides click analytics through a web interface and API.
  2. 02GreenShort8★19 days—hobbySelf-hosted URL shortener with custom or AI-generated slugs, click analytics, password protection, and link-in-bio pages.
  3. 03alp-link0★2 mo—ai-builthobbySelf-hosted URL shortener built on PocketBase with an Expo client for web, Android, and iOS.
  4. 04encurta0★23 days—hobbySelf-hosted link shortener that generates short URLs and provides a click analytics dashboard with per-link and aggregate metrics.
  5. 05link-shortener0★2 dayslivehobbySelf-hosted link shortener that creates short links with custom slugs, tracks click statistics, generates QR codes, and provides a dashboard for managing links.
  6. 06chessess1730★20 days—hobbySelf-hosted URL shortener that creates short links for a personal domain and deploys redirect rules to Netlify.
  7. 07shrty0★1 mo—hand-codedhobbyA self-hosted link shortener that creates short URLs and tracks click analytics for each link.
  8. 08LinkPulse0★1 moliveSelf-hosted URL shortener that creates short links with custom aliases and provides real-time click analytics including referrers and devices.
  9. 09shortlink0★1 mo—hobbySelf-hosted short link platform that creates short URLs, enforces access rules, and reports visitor analytics for promotional campaigns.
  10. 10trunk0★1 mo—hobbySelf-hosted link shortener that runs on free serverless hosting and provides a console for creating and tracking short links.
  11. 11linkmator0★29 dayslivehand-codedopen sourceSelf-hostable link shortener that creates short URLs and tracks click analytics through a web dashboard.
  12. 12dub-buxtons-link0★1 mo—hand-codedhobbySelf-hosted link management platform for creating and tracking branded short links as a white-label alternative to hosted services.
  13. 13Shortly1★2 mo—open sourceSelf-hosted open-source URL shortener with click tracking, rate limiting, and pluggable database, providing API and redirect service.
  14. 14url-shortener0★2 moliveSelf-hostable URL shortener with custom domains and real-time analytics for link management.
  15. 15link-rift0★5 moliveopen sourceSelf-hostable URL shortener with analytics, custom domains, and team collaboration for tracking and managing short links.
  16. 16tiny-link1★1 yrabandonedliveSelf-hosted URL shortener with privacy-focused analytics and no data harvesting.

Ranked by traction, highest first, and paged 20 at a time — this is a window on the cluster, never the whole of it. Ties are broken by a stable id so a product cannot appear on two pages or fall between them. Browse every cluster.