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Lessn More
An open-source personal URL shortening service·lessnmore.net
Lessn More is a free, open-source personal URL shortening service that you install on your own server. It is a fork of the original 2009 Lessn project by Shaun Inman, with added enhancements such as custom short URLs, bookmarklets, usage statistics, and an API. It requires PHP and a supported database (MySQL primarily, with experimental PostgreSQL/SQLite support).
What it's for
Shortening long URLs with custom or random slugsTracking statistics on redirection usageShrinking and tweeting URLs via bookmarkletsProgrammatically creating short URLs via the APISelf-hosting a personal URL shortener
Features 17
- Ability to add multiple redirections pointing to the same long URL
- API supporting the same commands as the web interface
- Automatic HTTP/HTTPS short URL protocol matching
- Bookmarklets for shrinking and tweeting URLs
- Canonical short URL handling for duplicate long URLs
- Choice of all-lowercase or mixed-case short URLs
- Choice of bit.ly-style random URLs or incremental URLs
- Compatible with MySQL (PostgreSQL and SQLite supported experimentally)
- Custom redirect support via API redirect parameter
- Custom short URLs (e.g. /rickroll)
- Migration script for upgrading from Lessn or Lessn More installations
- On-the-fly character set changes for slug generation
- Option to avoid lookalike characters
- Optional banned word list to prevent offensive auto-generated URLs
- Statistics on redirection usage
- Supports a large number of URLs in the database
- Trims punctuation from the right of the slug
At a glance
free tieropen sourceself-hostableAPI
TypeWeb app
DeploymentSelf-hosted
PlatformsWeb
Resources
Pricing
Lessn MoreFree
Free, open-source software you self-host; no paid tiers.