Shlink
★ 5.3kMIT LicenseOpen Source — No Paywall15 Containers — 15 containers — heavy hosting footprintDocker · Binary · SourceNeeds MySQL3 active committers (12mo)
About
Shlink is a PHP-based URL shortener designed for self-hosting, allowing users to serve shortened links under their own domain. It targets operators who want control over their link infrastructure...
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Features
- self-hosted URL shortening
- custom domain hosting
- REST API
- command-line interface
- API key management
- web client
- configurable via environment variables
- sandboxed API docs
Details
- Last Updated
- Oct 10, 2026
- Created
- Apr 8, 2016
- Install Methods
- dockerbinarysource
- Requirements
- PHP 8.4 or 8.5PHP extensions: json, curl, pdo, intl, gd, gmp/bcmathapcu extension (recommended if not using RoadRunner)sockets and bcmath extensions (for RabbitMQ integration)MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL, Microsoft SQL Server, or SQLitecorresponding PDO extension for the chosen database
- Authentication
- local
- API
- REST
- Runtime / Stack
- PHPDocker
- Privacy & Independence
- No Cloud Required
- Deployment
Deployment: Docker Compose ✓15 Containers — heavy hosting footprintRuns as 15 containers
Docker Compose
15 services · database: mysql · infra: nginx, mysql, postgres, mariadb, redis, rabbitmq · 4 unclassified (server, mercure, swagger-ui, matomo)
no resource limits declared
needs persistent storage (22 volumes)
docker-compose.yml · @ 2563b51 · scanned Jun 10, 2026
services:
shlink_nginx:
container_name: shlink_nginx
image: nginx:1.25-alpine
ports:
- "8000:80"
volumes:
- ./:/home/shlink/www
- ./docs:/home/shlink/www/public/docs
- ./data/infra/vhost.conf:/etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf
links:
- shlink_php
shlink_php:
container_name: shlink_php
user: 1000:1000
build:
context: .
dockerfile: ./data/infra/php.Dockerfile
ports:
# ...
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