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dub-linksvsAI Shortlink

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

dub-linksAI Shortlink
Score74/10043/100
Rank in category#1 of 23 in URL Shortener#16 of 23 in URL Shortener
GitHub stars24 964168
Stars, last 30 days+156—
Stable releases, 12 months00
Latest release——
SetupAdvancedModerate
Official Docker imageNoNo
LicenseOtherAGPL-3.0
Main languageTypescriptGo

Which one should you pick?

dub-links scores 74/100 against 43/100 for AI Shortlink, so it is the safer default.

If you want the quickest setup, AI Shortlink 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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