List of URL Shortening Sites
I’ve been compiling this list of URL shortening services for some time now, for use in one of my projects, and thought it might help developers who need it for their own work (or VCs who seek to place a couple $mil on one)
Anyway, here are the 74 82 (thanks commentors!) sites I got so far. If you use Ruby, just stick %w{ } around it and you’ve got an array. If you own one of these sites, put “Twitter-compatible” on your homepage, who knows ;):
adjix.com b23.ru bit.ly budurl.com canurl.com cli.gs decenturl.com dolop.com dwarfurl.com easyurl.net elfurl.com ff.im fire.to flq.us freak.to fuseurl.com g02.me go2.me idek.net is.gd ix.lt kissa.be kl.am korta.nu krunchd.com ln-s.net loopt.us memurl.com miklos.dk moourl.com myurl.in nanoref.com notlong.com ow.ly ping.fm piurl.com poprl.com qicute.com qurlyq.com reallytinyurl.com redirx.com rubyurl.com rurl.org shorl.com short.ie shorterlink.com shortlinks.co.uk shorturl.com shout.to shrinkurl.us shurl.net shw.me simurl.com smallr.com snipr.com snipurl.com snurl.com starturl.com surl.co.uk tighturl.com tinylink.com tinypic.com tinyurl.com tinyvh.com tr.im traceurl.com twurl.nl u.mavrev.com ur1.ca url-press.com url.ie url9.com urlcut.com urlhawk.com urli.ca urlpass.com urlx.ie xaddr.com xrl.us yep.it yuarel.com yweb.com zurl.ws
UPDATE: I moved the list to listable.org, per Karan’s suggestion, which allows easily exporting the date to SQL, JSON or text. Future updates will all be there: http://www.listable.org/show/url-shortening-sites
UPDATE #2: As a result of this post I ended up building a URL unshortening service, which I now think might actually have some uses. More here.
If you feel like adding to the list, tinyvh.com
Sean
April 4, 2009 at 4:30 pm
there’s also shw.me the mobilizing shortener
brent
April 4, 2009 at 4:36 pm
Thanks – added both sites.
Nir
April 4, 2009 at 4:38 pm
g02.me, go2.me
Ronald Stevens
April 4, 2009 at 4:44 pm
adjix.com, bkite.com, digg.com, ow.ly
Daniel
April 4, 2009 at 4:54 pm
Thanks Ronald & Daniel – Added the sites (except bkite and digg) – we’re up to 80 now..
Nir
April 4, 2009 at 5:00 pm
For shorting multiple URL
http://fuseurl.com
Mike
April 4, 2009 at 6:20 pm
Added, thanks!
Nir
April 4, 2009 at 8:20 pm
I have a 4 letter domain, but am not a programmer. Does anyone have some simple code that will allow me to provide a short URL feature to others for free?
Brent
April 4, 2009 at 8:43 pm
There’s an open source app that does it here: http://code.google.com/p/kissabe/ and I think there’s a Django based open source app also, and AFAIK a Rails one too.. But are you sure you want to use your domain to host URL shortener #83? ;)
Nir
April 4, 2009 at 10:44 pm
Shortening URLs. How about shrinking images?
http://tinysrc.net/
Also you missed a good mobile one: http://delivr.com
jamesgpearce
April 4, 2009 at 11:20 pm
(as mentioned on HN):
Why don’t you make a list on listable.org? It’ll automatically organize the list into more useful data formats.
Karan Bhangui
April 5, 2009 at 5:11 am
Also, you missed urli.ca
Karan Bhangui
April 5, 2009 at 5:12 am
also missed hexurl.com, there’s always swp.me which isn’t off the ground yet
Josh
April 6, 2009 at 12:51 pm
Thanks, added on http://www.listable.org/show/url-shortening-sites
Nir
April 7, 2009 at 8:30 am
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April 20, 2009 at 1:17 pm
Hi, tinyarro.ws is missing.
Roberto Bonvallet
August 9, 2009 at 8:51 pm
Thanks – added to the listable.org page
Nir
August 9, 2009 at 9:16 pm
This may be the best list on the web! While your at it, might as well add: http://zud.me
fella
August 25, 2009 at 2:12 pm
Thanks. Added at listable.
Nir
August 25, 2009 at 6:43 pm