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. Url.dev – Self-Destructing URL Shortener and Message Sending launched in 2020; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   url.dev▲194

   Create short, temporary, self-destructing messages and links

   2020 · url.dev · its alternatives →

2. 2
   URLify▲99

   Anonymous & secure URL shortener

   2019 · urlify.dev · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Trim▲94

   Custom URL Shortener

   2015 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   I created a URL shortener that can be entirely hosted on GitHub Pages▲355

   Minimal URL shortener that can be entirely hosted on GitHub pages. - nelsontky/gh-pages-url-shortener

   2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Short.cm▲182

   White label url shortener, create branded links for free

   2016 · short.io · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Urlnet▲110

   Dead simple anonymous url shortener

   2020 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   URL Shortener▲104

   Extremely powerful URL Shortener with open stats

   2019 · its alternatives →

8. 8IS
   Instant, Self-Destructing Websites▲242

   2019 · sdnotes.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Fast URL Shortener▲121

   Shorten URLs like a pro

   2021 · rapidapi-example-url-shortener.vercel.app · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Reurl▲4

    Free Modern URL Shortener

    2025 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Short.cm 2.0▲99

    Link shortener for your business. Custom domains, teams, API

    2019 · short.io · its alternatives →

12. 12
    A simple url shortener written in Node▲16

    Was bored at work so I threw this together. First bash at a Node app. Built a simple Chrome extension for it too.

    2011 · github.com · its alternatives →

13. 13TI
    T0.io – A simple url shortener▲6

    2016 · t0.io · its alternatives →

14. 14SU
    Simplest Url Shortener▲6

    2024 · utile.website · its alternatives →

15. 15
    W3 URL Shortener▲97

    Fast, free and decentralized URL shortener

    2023 · w3.do · its alternatives →

16. 16
    FossURL▲81

    HTML-JS URL shortener without fancy server side processing

    2018 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    URL shortener with UTM tracking▲21

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

    2017 · livechat.com · its alternatives →

18. 18AI
    AbTest.io a free url shortener with A/B testing features▲7

    2017 · abtest.io · its alternatives →

19. 19
    DeadC▲60

    The Snapchat of URL shorteners

    2014 · deadc.net · its alternatives →

20. 20CA
    Cortris – A Simple Url Shortener written in Go▲6

    2020 · adalricus.nand.sh · its alternatives →

21. 21AU
    An URL shortening experiment▲7

    2014 · kq.io · its alternatives →

22. 22SB
    Send browser-encrypted messages over self-destructing read-once URLs▲9

    2015 · sneakynote.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Naturl▲12

    Url Shortener

    2025 · its alternatives →

24. 24BA
    Building a URL Shortener Using Spring Boot, Postgres, and FL0▲8

    2023 · blog.fl0.com · 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 →