Rebrandly vs YOURLS
Rebrandly and YOURLS are both URL shortener software. Rebrandly is a commercial product from Rebrandly. YOURLS is open source under MIT, with 12k GitHub stars.
Which to pick
- Pick Rebrandly when
- You care most about branded domains for links and want a cheaper option than Bitly's higher tiers.
- Pick YOURLS when
- You want branded short links on your own domain on cheap PHP and MySQL hosting.
Side by side
Branded short links on your own domains, with click analytics, UTM building and team management.
A PHP URL shortener you host on your own domain, with click statistics, an API and plugins.
Your links depend on the service; plan limits on links and clicks apply.
The interface is dated and multi-user features need plugins.
Production-ready (both)
Cloud service and browser extension
Self-hosted server
Not published
PHP and MySQL
Closed source, sold by Rebrandly
Open source, MIT (permissive)
Closed source: you use it under the maker's terms and cannot change or resell the code.
You can build it into a product you sell, as long as you keep its copyright notice.
No Wikipedia article of its own
12k GitHub stars
Not known
Established: started 14 years ago, latest release 1.10.6.
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Both sides were judged on 2026-11-03 from makers' descriptions, Wikipedia, READMEs and GitHub data. License, age and popularity lines are worked out directly.