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# Yourls

🔗 The 𝘥𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘰 standard, self hosted, powerful and customizable, URL shortener in PHP

## Decision context

- Status: active
- ToolVitals score: 81/100
- Health score: 84/100
- Shipping score: 78/100
- Score mode: verdict
- Data confidence: 90/100
- Source coverage: 90/100
- Last evidence check: 2026-09-11

## Classification

- Use case: Link Management (link-management)
- Category: Marketing (marketing)
- Tool mode: Source-visible project
- Openness: OSI-approved OSS
- License: MIT
- Tags: open-source, hacktoberfest, link-shortener, php, short-url, shorten-urls, shortener, url-shortener, urlshortener, yourls, self-hosted, redirects, marketing

## Public repository signals

- Repository: [YOURLS/YOURLS](https://github.com/YOURLS/YOURLS)
- Stars: 12220 (adoption context only)
- Forks: 2075
- Open issues: 48
- Last commit date: 2026-09-08
- Releases in 90 days: 2

## Source receipts

- [Official website](https://yourls.org/) — checked 2026-09-11
- [Source repository](https://github.com/YOURLS/YOURLS) — checked 2026-09-11

## Discovery status

- Search indexable: yes
- Reason: sufficient tool evidence

## Interpretation limits

- ToolVitals scores summarize bounded public maintenance, shipping, openness, and evidence signals. They are not user-review ratings.
- GitHub stars and related popularity metrics are adoption context, not quality evidence.
- Missing values mean not collected or not confidently established; they do not mean zero.
- Public signals do not prove security, uptime, support quality, customer satisfaction, or production suitability.
- Verify material decisions against the linked first-party sources and your own requirements.