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norishvsYOURLS

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

norishYOURLS
Score61/10074/100
Rank in category#3 of 18 in Recipe Management#1 of 23 in URL Shortener
GitHub stars1 42512 290
Stars, last 30 days+197+47
Stable releases, 12 months04
Latest release—1.10.6 · 30 Aug 2026
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseAGPL-3.0MIT
Main languageTypescriptPHP

Which one should you pick?

YOURLS scores 74/100 against 61/100 for norish, so it is the safer default.

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

norish is growing faster right now (+197 stars in 30 days).

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