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dub-linksvsrs-short

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

dub-linksrs-short
Score74/10057/100
Rank in category#1 of 23 in URL Shortener#7 of 23 in URL Shortener
GitHub stars24 964—
Stars, last 30 days+156—
Stable releases, 12 months00
Latest release——
SetupAdvancedModerate
Official Docker imageNoNo
LicenseOtherMPL-2.0
Main languageTypescript—

Which one should you pick?

dub-links scores 74/100 against 57/100 for rs-short, so it is the safer default.

If you want the quickest setup, rs-short is easier to run; dub-links needs more configuration.

dub-links is growing faster right now (+156 stars in 30 days).

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