Warning OSI-approved OSS Marketing Link Management Self-Hosted Software Stack

Shlink

The definitive self-hosted URL shortener

Website GitHub

Data confidence98/100

Source coverage90/100

Publish confidence95/100

Evidence checkedJul 27, 2026

Pricing checkedNo current pricing evidence

Score Breakdown

Public signal read

How to read this

These bars are a reader-facing view of the ToolVitals evidence model. They summarize maintenance, shipping, confidence, and decay signals. Hosted pricing evidence is shown separately.

Activity: Recent commits, releases, changelog, package, and product-motion signals.
Reliability: Maintenance posture from recency, release evidence, availability, and repo signals.
Adoption: Public footprint from GitHub stars, forks, and watchers when available.
Sustainability: Longer-term posture combining health, activity, adoption, confidence, and decay risk.

ToolVitals68/100Health63/100Shipping49/100Zombie Risk0/100

Overall Score 68 Warning

Activity 49

Reliability 63

Adoption 74

Sustainability 70

Score History

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About this tool

What ToolVitals knows about Shlink

The definitive self-hosted URL shortener

This tool has an OSI-approved open-source license signal.

The tool is still alive, but signs of slower momentum are visible.

Source-visible project Link Management OSI-approved OSS Scored Intelligence

Repository

GitHub Activity

PHP

shlinkio/shlink

Stars 5,180

Forks 402

Watchers 5,180

Open Issues 21

Primary Language: PHP
Last Commit: 34 days ago
Releases 90d: 6
Default Branch: develop
License: MIT
Repository Status: Active repository

Evidence

Signal Quality

Data Confidence 98/100 Strong

Source Coverage 90/100 Strong

Publish Confidence 95/100 Strong

ConfidenceHigh-confidence score from multiple public signals.

Zombie RiskNo meaningful zombie signal right now.

How ToolVitals scores work

Openness

License Evidence

Class: OSI-approved OSS
License: MIT
Pricing Scope: No hosted pricing tracked

This tool has an OSI-approved open-source license signal.

Sources

Tracked Sources

Website https://shlink.io GitHub shlinkio/shlink

Profile

Classification

Category: Marketing
Use Case: Link Management
Openness: OSI-approved OSS
License: MIT
Pricing Scope: No hosted pricing tracked
Tool Mode: Source-visible project
Score Model: Open Source Maintenance
Score Visibility: Scored Intelligence
Status: Warning

Hosted Pricing

Pricing Evidence

Scope: No hosted pricing tracked
Free Tier: Not detected
Currency: USD
Tracked Plans: 0

Maintainers

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Latest

Recent Updates

Release Notes

Jun 22, 2026 v5.1.5 Jun 18, 2026 v5.1.4 Jun 16, 2026 v5.1.3 Jun 14, 2026 v5.1.2 Jun 11, 2026 v5.1.1

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