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go-urlshvsYOURLS

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

go-urlshYOURLS
Score44/10074/100
Rank in category#14 of 23 in URL Shortener#1 of 23 in URL Shortener
GitHub stars15912 290
Stars, last 30 days—+47
Stable releases, 12 months04
Latest release—1.10.6 · 30 Aug 2026
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageNoNo
LicenseMITMIT
Main languageGoPHP

Which one should you pick?

YOURLS scores 74/100 against 44/100 for go-urlsh, so it is the safer default.

YOURLS ships more often: 4 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for go-urlsh.

YOURLS is growing faster right now (+47 stars in 30 days).

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