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milvusvsYOURLS

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

milvusYOURLS
Score82/10074/100
Rank in category#3 of 40 in Database Management#1 of 23 in URL Shortener
GitHub stars46 51412 289
Stars, last 30 days+271+46
Stable releases, 12 months184
Latest releasev2.6.26 · 23 Oct 20261.10.6 · 30 Aug 2026
SetupAdvancedModerate
Official Docker imageNoNo
LicenseApache-2.0MIT
Main languageGoPHP

Which one should you pick?

milvus scores 82/100 against 74/100 for YOURLS, so it is the safer default.

milvus ships more often: 18 stable releases in the past year, against 4 for YOURLS.

If you want the quickest setup, YOURLS is easier to run; milvus needs more configuration.

milvus is growing faster right now (+271 stars in 30 days).

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