Life & fun · alternatives · 2026

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. An URL shortening experiment launched in 2014; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1TI
   T0.io – A simple url shortener▲6

   2016 · t0.io · its alternatives →

2. 2SU
   Simplest Url Shortener▲6

   2024 · utile.website · its alternatives →

3. 3FF
   Free, Front-end URL shortening on your own domain▲5

   2017 · chhota.ga · its alternatives →

4. 4CA
   Cortris – A Simple Url Shortener written in Go▲6

   2020 · adalricus.nand.sh · its alternatives →

5. 5IM
   I made a URL shortener for HN▲8

   2016 · medium.com · its alternatives →

6. 6HH
   Helping Humans Detect Bad URLs and Avoid Email Attacks▲6

   2020 · emailade.com · its alternatives →

7. 7EB
   Ethereum Blockchain Based URL Shortener▲6

   2018 · 0x.now.sh · its alternatives →

8. 8TL
   the local web - URLs with a location boundary - description in comments▲5

   2016 · localweb.is · its alternatives →

9. 9
   URL shortener with UTM tracking▲21

   Shorten, share and track clicks. All in one tool.

   2017 · livechat.com · its alternatives →

10. 10AI
    AbTest.io a free url shortener with A/B testing features▲7

    2017 · abtest.io · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Shady URL▲34

    Don't just shorten your URL, make it suspicious and frighten

    2014 · shadyurl.com · its alternatives →

12. 12SU
    Short URLs and Better Image Processing for a Simpler QR Alternative▲8

    2015 · taglev.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Hash-n-slash▲6

    A concept for Sentence based URLs

    2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Sonar▲14

    A linting tool for the web

    2017 · its alternatives →

15. 15AL
    A link aggregator without dark patterns▲6

    2021 · 20-things.com · its alternatives →

16. 16DU
    Demystify.us – a shortened link decoder▲5

    2015 · demystify.us · its alternatives →

17. 17RT
    Rediscover the Small Web with an AI-Ranked RSS Reader▲6

    Jun 2026 · bubblewire.net · its alternatives →

18. 18BA
    Building a URL Shortener Using Spring Boot, Postgres, and FL0▲8

    2023 · blog.fl0.com · its alternatives →

19. 19UD
    Url.dev – Self-Destructing URL Shortener and Message Sending▲5

    2020 · url.dev · its alternatives →

20. 20SA
    Sitestencil, a new way of building websites with flexbox and gutters▲9

    2016 · sitestencil.com · its alternatives →

21. 21JA
    Jinx – a link shortener you host free on GitHub Pages▲9

    Sep 2026 · jinx.fyi · its alternatives →

22. 22
    StretchLink▲10

    Expand "short" urls (bit.ly, t.co, etc) into full urls

    2015 · its alternatives →

23. 23RB
    Ripple button effects for the web▲7

    2014 · holloway.github.io · its alternatives →

24. 24NF
    New, Fast, Anonymous, Tor-First Search Engine▲9

    2019 · search4tor7txuze.onion · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →