What is YOURLS?

YOURLS, an acronym for Your Own URL Shortener, is a series of PHP scripts that allow individuals to create their own URL shortening service akin to TinyURL or Bitly. Creating a personal URL shortener can be an enjoyable and technically engaging project that offers significant advantages: you retain full control over your data instead of depending on third-party services. Furthermore, it provides a unique chance to personalize your short URLs to align with your brand, setting them apart from the ones created by popular public URL shorteners. The platform features a robust plugin system, along with a wide array of plugins that enable easy integration of new features. It also offers exceptional analytics, including detailed historical click data, insights on referrers, and demographic information about visitors, making it a powerful tool for assessing link performance. This combination of functionality not only enhances practicality but also transforms YOURLS into an exciting venture for both developers and businesses. In essence, YOURLS serves as a multifaceted platform that caters to both creative branding and analytical needs.

Integrations

Offers API?:
Yes, YOURLS provides an API

Screenshots and Video

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Company Facts

Company Name:
YOURLS
Company Location:
United States
Company Website:
yourls.org

Product Details

Deployment
SaaS
Training Options
Documentation Hub
Support
Web-Based Support

Product Details

Target Company Sizes
Individual
1-10
11-50
51-200
201-500
501-1000
1001-5000
5001-10000
10001+
Target Organization Types
Mid Size Business
Small Business
Enterprise
Freelance
Nonprofit
Government
Startup
Supported Languages
English

YOURLS Categories and Features

Link Management Tools

Backlink Management
Brand Control
Broken Link Discovery
Campaign Management
Channel Attribution
Competitor Analysis
Link Analytics
Partner Management
Ranking Monitoring
Retargeting
URL Shortener

YOURLS Customer Reviews

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  • Reviewer Name: A Verified Reviewer
    Position: Manager
    Has used product for: 6-12 Months
    Uses the product: Weekly
    Org Size (# of Employees): 26 - 99
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    Free OpenSource URL shortener

    Date: Aug 17 2020
    Summary

    YOURLS is a better and most unique URL shortener. It offers fast loading and control of my links. It's a great URL shortener tool, I highly recommend this.

    Positive

    Simple steps to shorten the Url. Best for business use, to integrate with email marketing and send unique shorten URLs. It's Open Source and completely free to use.

    Negative

    It worked great for me. Nothing to share about cons.

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  • Reviewer Name: Anurag S.
    Position: Marketing Analyst
    Has used product for: 6-12 Months
    Uses the product: Weekly
    Org Size (# of Employees): 100 - 499
    Feature Set
    Layout
    Ease Of Use
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    Link shortener

    Date: Jul 21 2020
    Summary

    YOURLS is very sleek link shortener. It can be installed on any server of your choice. It offers public and private mode to be used. The public mode allows anyone to create short link why the private mode allows only the authorised personnel to use the service of shortening links. YOURLS support proxies, so basically you can install it behind any firewall get an extra layer of security. It is a simple functioning URL shortener hosted on your own hosting which works effectively.

    Positive

    YOURLS is an easy to use PHP based script package to shorten the link and can be hosted on any server. I have complete control over the software and data privacy as it is hosted on own server nothing it's shared with any anyone.

    Negative

    Overall it's a great tool but I I miss the the analytics, hope it will be introduced soon.

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