bit
Fast, lightweight, resource-efficient, compiled URL shortener.
Description from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Still maintained? Yes: 12 commits in the last 90 days, latest release 1.7.0 (Oct 2026).
Comparisons in URL Shorteners: Bitly alternatives.
At a glance
bit quick facts
- Health score
- 67/100 SLOWING
- Stars
- 108
- Last commit
- 25 days ago (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- 1.7.0, Oct 2026
- Licence
- MIT
Top alternatives to bit
In its own words
The project's README opens: "Fast: 21k req/sec, latency 6ms, 32MiB avg memory usage with all clicks recorded (100k requests using 125 connections, benchmark)."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
bit scores 67/100, #6 of 11 in URL Shorteners: 12 commits in the last 90 days earn 14.0 of 35 points, the latest release (1.7.0, 25 days ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 108 stars add 8.1 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and Docker support adds the final 10. That places it in the slowing band (40 to 69). The biggest shortfall is commit activity, worth 21.0 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity biggest shortfall 14.0 / 35
12 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
1.7.0 released 25 days ago
- Stars 8.1 / 20
108 stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support 10.0 / 10
Docker image or Compose file available
Commit activity
- 12
- Last 90 days
- 47
- Last 12 months
- 25 days ago
- Last push
Ranked #6 of 11 tools in URL Shorteners by health , between YOURLS (#5) and Kutt (#7) .
Details
| Licence | MIT |
| Platforms | Docker, Crystal |
| Latest release | 1.7.0 · 25 days ago |
| Stars | 108 |
| Open issues | 0 |
| Docker | Yes |
| Repository | sjdonado/bit ↗ |
bit vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a category with bit (URL Shorteners), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shlink | 95 | 5.4k | MIT | 6 days ago |
| Chhoto URL | 92 | 996 | MIT | today |
| YOURLS | 84 | 12k | MIT | 3 days ago |
| bit (this tool) | 67 | 108 | MIT | 25 days ago |
| Kutt | 66 | 11k | MIT | 11 days ago |
| rs-short | 35 | 5 | MPL-2.0 | 5 months ago |
bit: common questions
Is bit still maintained?
bit had 12 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was 25 days ago; the latest tagged release, 1.7.0, is from 25 days ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.
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