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Shlink is an open source URL shortener for people and organizations that want to manage their own short links. Create compact addresses with generated codes or memorable custom slugs, organize links with tags, and follow how they are used. It suits marketers and developers who send a lot of short links and want the visit data to stay with them.

Your pod runs the redirect service and REST API. Management happens through a separate client: the free official Shlink web client connects to your pod with an API key, or you can use another compatible frontend or your own integration. A custom short domain needs its own domain registration and DNS setup, and it is not supplied by installing the app. Your pod maps one custom domain.

It is an alternative to Bitly and Rebrandly.

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What you can do with Shlink

Create and manage short links for messages, documents and campaigns while keeping the redirect service under your control.

Custom short links

Generate short codes automatically or choose human-readable slugs that make shared links easier to recognize.

Link organization

Classify links with tags and use them to group links for management and analytics.

Visit statistics

Explore visits and referrers through a compatible client. Visitor geolocation needs a separately configured GeoLite2 license key.

API integration

Create and manage links through the REST API using an API key, or connect the separate web client for a graphical interface.

What users say about Shlink

Summarized from public community discussions about Shlink, not about PikaPods.

Workplace short links

Independent users describe running Shlink for workplace links and appointment-message URLs rather than relying on a public shortening service. The discussions emphasize controlling the service and using your own domain, while recognizing that short links still depend on keeping the domain and redirects working (workplace deployment, SMS and domain discussion).

Benefits of hosting Shlink with PikaPods

Predictable and affordable pricing
No subscription, hourly billing, from $3.07/month.
Well-tested auto updates
Every update is tested before it reaches your pod.
Your data stays private
We only sell hosting. No ads, no profiling.
Secure by design
Isolated containers, encrypted connections, built-in firewall.
EU and US locations
Choose the region your pod runs in.
SSL and your own domain
Free SSL, on our address or your own domain.

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