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dokployvsYOURLS

Two self-hosted projects, compared on the numbers selfhost.directory tracks live: score, popularity, release cadence and setup effort.

dokployYOURLS
Score80/10074/100
Rank in category#2 of 14 in Platform as a Service#1 of 23 in URL Shortener
GitHub stars38 09912 289
Stars, last 30 days+602+46
Stable releases, 12 months274
Latest releasev0.30.10 · 22 Oct 20261.10.6 · 30 Aug 2026
SetupEasyModerate
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseOtherMIT
Main languageTypescriptPHP

Which one should you pick?

dokploy scores 80/100 against 74/100 for YOURLS, so it is the safer default.

dokploy ships more often: 27 stable releases in the past year, against 4 for YOURLS.

If you want the quickest setup, dokploy is easier to run; YOURLS needs more configuration.

dokploy is growing faster right now (+602 stars in 30 days).

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