Dev tools · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Yo.link – Subdomain based URL shortener
I was looking for a pet project to try out recent additions to https://vercel.com platform, specifically their PostreSQL and Redis offering. They also provide easy to setup wildcard subdomain HTTPS certificates, and since I had yo.link domain lying around for a while, why not use it to create, yes, yet another, URL shortening service, but with a twist... Putting the user-selectable short-code in the subdomain has the advantage that it is the first thing that users read in a URL, and as such it is an opportunity to provide some contextual information about the link. Here are some…
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Yo.link – Subdomain based URL shortener launched in 2023; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Minimal URL shortener that can be entirely hosted on GitHub pages. - nelsontky/gh-pages-url-shortener
2020 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Notiolink▲178Free self-host branded link shortener & linktree
2022 · notiolink.thcl.dev · its alternatives →
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The best way to create a short links using t.ly
2022 · t.ly · its alternatives →
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Unify your online presence with a single, powerful link
2023 · myshorturl.link · its alternatives →
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Shorten URLs like a pro
2021 · rapidapi-example-url-shortener.vercel.app · its alternatives →
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Short.cm 2.0▲99Link shortener for your business. Custom domains, teams, API
2019 · short.io · its alternatives →
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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 →
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Linkbash▲70Create unlimited URLs with this link shortener
2022 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
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Hi HN, I've been working on YoLinks (aka YoLinks.app) for the past few months. Most URLs are long, unmemorable, and opaque. YoLinks allows anyone in your organization to create aliases that anyone else can access. These aliases end up being shorter, more memorable, and transparent. Imagine using yo/onboarding instead of https://docs.google.com/document/d/1pyJy21G5F508r6Fbg0AMlE8a.... All aliases are private to your organization. My primary goal in building YoLinks was learning. I was also frustrated that my current company doesn't have a similar tool; you can…
2022 · yolinks.app · its alternatives →
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Simple URL shortener built with Fastify. Uses PostgreSQL, Redis, and Kafka. - smallcase/smalllinks
2021 · github.com · its alternatives →
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2014 · rdhq.co · its alternatives →
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