Chhoto URL
Simple, lightning-fast URL shortener with no bloat (fork of simply-shorten).
Description from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Still maintained? Yes: 159 commits in the last 90 days, latest release 7.10.5 (Oct 2026).
Comparisons in URL Shorteners: Bitly alternatives.
At a glance
Chhoto URL quick facts
- Health score
- 92/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 996
- Last commit
- today (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- 7.10.5, Oct 2026
- Licence
- MIT
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In its own words
The project's README opens: "A simple selfhosted URL shortener with no unnecessary features. Simplicity and speed are the main foci of this project. The scratch docker image is <4.5 MB (compressed), the alpine one is <8.5 MB (compressed), and it uses <10 MB of RAM under regular use."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
Chhoto URL scores 92/100, #2 of 11 in URL Shorteners: 159 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (7.10.5, today) earns 25.0 of 25, 996 stars add 12.0 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and Docker support adds the final 10. That places it in the good band (70 and above). The biggest shortfall is star count, worth 8.0 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
159 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
7.10.5 released today
- Stars biggest shortfall 12.0 / 20
996 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
- 159
- Last 90 days
- 415
- Last 12 months
- today
- Last push
Ranked #2 of 11 tools in URL Shorteners by health , between Shlink (#1) and Flare (#3) .
Details
| Licence | MIT |
| Platforms | Rust, Docker |
| Latest release | 7.10.5 · today |
| Stars | 996 |
| Open issues | 0 |
| Docker | Yes |
| Repository | SinTan1729/chhoto-url ↗ |
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Chhoto URL: common questions
Is Chhoto URL still maintained?
Chhoto URL had 159 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was today; the latest tagged release, 7.10.5, is from today. Repoly recomputes this nightly.
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