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YOURLS
by YOURLSPHP
Your Own URL Shortener with link tracking and extensible plugin system
Toolstable
Maturity: stable because 14y old, 1.10.4 released 72d ago. Derived from release and commit history, not a rating.
- Stars
- 12k
- Forks
- 2.1k
- Downloads / mo
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- Last commit
- 2026-08-02
- License
- MIT
- Open issues
- 48
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In practice
Written by AI from this repository’s README · medium confidencePublic shorteners give you no control over your links, your click data or the redirect behaviour.
Use it when
Use it when you have PHP hosting and want a simple self run shortener with plugins and stats.
Not the right pick when
The README defers everything to external documentation, so setup detail is not in the repo itself.
Capabilities
- run your own URL shortener on your server
- full control over your link data
- detailed stats and analytics
- plugin support for extending behaviour
- community plugins, tools and guides collected in Awesome YOURLS
Cost: Free and open source
Video walkthroughs
Tutorial -1 How to install YOURLS (Your Own URL Shortener) on Shared Cpanel
How to Use YOURLS to Shorten URLs
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What the repository ships
Has testsCI configured
Detected from the actual files in the repository root.
Latest release 1.10.4
Published 2026-05-23
YOURLS 1.10.4
What's Changed
- fixed: Prevent XSS in stat pages through referrers (#4107)
- added: Localization support for date and time display (#4054)
- improved: Improve shunt filters (#4058)
- fixed: Notice overlapping logo in admin panel (#4069)
- fixed: Flag password file as user auth from environment variables (#4066)
- added: Filter SQL queries (#4064)
- improved: Improve debug functions and logic (#4089)
- improved: Make tests debugging easier (#4104)
Full Changelog: https://github.com/YOURLS/YOURLS/compare/1.10.3...1.10.4
New Contributors
- @dineshingale made their first contribution in https://github.com/YOURLS/YOURLS/pull/4054
- @og-khushalpatel made their first contribution in https://github.com/YOURLS/YOURLS/pull/4069
How to install or update
Download the source code below and upload to your server.
We recommend to back up your DB before any update.
More detailed instructions available on https://yourls.org/docs/
Shorten your links and make YOURLS bigger!
Does your company use YOURLS? Help the project, become a sponsor and get your logo on our README on GitHub with a link to your site. Become a sponsor.
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README
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Your Own URL Shortener
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YOURLS is a set of PHP scripts that will allow you to run <strong>Y</strong>our <strong>O</strong>wn <strong>URL</strong> <strong>S</strong>hortener, on your server. You'll have full control over your data, detailed stats, analytics, plugins, and more. It's free and open-source.
Getting Started
Check out the complete documentation on docs.yourls.org.
It contains everything from beginners to experts.
Community news, tips and tricks
- Read and subscribe to the The Official YOURLS Blog
- Check what the user community makes: plugins, tools, guides and more on Awesome YOURLS
- Engage users and ask for help in our community discussions
- Keep track of development: "Star" and "Watch" this project, follow commit messages
Contributing
Feature suggestion? Bug to report?
__Before opening any issue, please search for existing issues (open and closed) and read the Contributing Guidelines.__
Backers
Do you use and enjoy YOURLS? Become a backer and show your support to our open source project.
Sponsors
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License
Free software. Do whatever the hell you want with it.
YOURLS is released under the MIT license.