YOURLS is an open source self-hosted alternative to Bitly or TinyURL

Teal colour background with title in white stating: YOUR OWN URL SHORTENER. SELF HOSTED OPEN SOURCE BITLY ALTERNATIVE.
A link shortening service translates any web URL link into a custom, and typically shorter and more manageable link.

A link shortening service is useful for a number of reasons:

  • A shorter link to share, especially if the target is a long complex one
  • The short link can have a more intuitive name to remember
  • Basic stats are provided on how often it is accessed and from which countries
  • A self-hosted one could bypass Bitly being blocked
  • No need to update social media posts if the backend is moved
  • Brand consistency by using your own custom domain

My video goes over how YOURLS can be used, and includes a few tips that I picked up for installing php-zip for the download plugin, as well as how to deal with any plugins which break the service.

See youtube.com/watch?v=XQ0LUsbpDR…
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