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lua.shvsrs-short

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

lua.shrs-short
Score50/10057/100
Rank in category#10 of 23 in URL Shortener#7 of 23 in URL Shortener
GitHub stars342—
Stars, last 30 days——
Stable releases, 12 months00
Latest release——
SetupAdvancedModerate
Official Docker imageNoNo
LicenseAGPL-3.0MPL-2.0
Main languagePHP—

Which one should you pick?

rs-short scores 57/100 against 50/100 for lua.sh, so it is the safer default.

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

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