# cydrobolt/polr

:aerial_tramway: A modern, powerful, and robust URL shortener

Repository: https://github.com/cydrobolt/polr
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/polr
Homepage: https://polrproject.org
Language: PHP
License: GPL-2.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: php, url-shortener, modern, laravel, api, analytics, angular, json, json-api, javascript, html, bootstrap, lumen-framework
Last push: 2024-05-28T19:40:24+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4691, "days_push": 827, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 5095, forks 887 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:09.683789+00:00)

## What it is
Polr is a self-hostable, open-source URL shortening web application written in PHP on the Lumen framework, with a REST API and click analytics. It lets users run their own branded link shortener on their own domain while keeping control of their data.

## Use cases
- self-host a URL shortener on my own domain
- shorten links with my own branding
- get an API to programmatically create short links
- track click analytics for shortened URLs
- look up the destination of an existing short link
- manage short links with an admin panel and user accounts

## When to choose
- you want full control and ownership of your link-shortening data
- you need a lightweight PHP-based shortener deployable on standard LAMP/LEMP hosting
- you need a simple REST API for shortening and lookup with per-user API keys and quotas

## When to avoid
- you need enterprise-grade link management with deep marketing analytics
- your stack is not PHP/MySQL and you prefer a Node, Go, or Python solution
- you need actively developed features - the project is largely in maintenance mode

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: http-server, api-framework, analytics, web-framework
- domain: web-development, self-hosted, developer-tools, apis
- platform: php, self-hosted
- tags: url-shortener, link-shortening, laravel, lumen, rest-api, link-analytics, branding, web-server, linux

## Member repositories
- cydrobolt/polr (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:09.683789+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T18:02:14.565034+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/cydrobolt/polr (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:09.683789+00:00, sha 0fa0ceac27dc)
  - homepage: https://polrproject.org (fetched 2026-08-29T08:57:17.978417+00:00, sha 6f1ca1981722)
  - site_page: http://docs.polrproject.org/en/latest/user-guide/installation (fetched 2026-08-29T08:57:17.991518+00:00, sha 3c0bad9c9092)
  - site_page: http://docs.polrproject.org/en/latest/developer-guide/api (fetched 2026-08-29T08:57:17.993359+00:00, sha cb95b485384f)
  - site_page: https://docs.polrproject.org (fetched 2026-08-29T08:57:17.988109+00:00, sha bce29c132709)
  - site_page: http://docs.polrproject.org/en/latest/about/license (fetched 2026-08-29T08:57:17.989946+00:00, sha 79bbdc3a9807)
  - site_page: http://docs.polrproject.org (fetched 2026-08-29T08:57:17.995202+00:00, sha bce29c132709)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.