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go-urlshvssink

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

go-urlshsink
Score44/10068/100
Rank in category#14 of 23 in URL Shortener#5 of 23 in URL Shortener
GitHub stars1597 241
Stars, last 30 days—+86
Stable releases, 12 months013
Latest release—v0.3.1 · 27 Sept 2026
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageNoNo
LicenseMITAGPL-3.0
Main languageGoTypescript

Which one should you pick?

sink scores 68/100 against 44/100 for go-urlsh, so it is the safer default.

sink ships more often: 13 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for go-urlsh.

sink is growing faster right now (+86 stars in 30 days).

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