YOURLS is a small set of PHP scripts that will allow a webmaster to run his own URL shortening service. Through different access rights settings, the service can be made public or kept private which comes with its own API.

Features of YOURLS:
- Public (everybody can create short links) or private (your links only)
- Sequential or custom URL keyword
- Handy bookmarklet to easily shorten and share links
- Awesome stats: historical click reports, referrers tracking, visitors geo-location
- Neat AJAXed interface
- Developer API
- Friendly installer

Requirements:
- PHP 4.3 or higher
- MySQL 4.1 or higher
- mod_rewrite enabled
- cURL

What's New in This Version:
Added:
- Plugin architecture
- Directory /user, config.php can be moved there
- New "instant bookmarklets"
- 1 click copy-to-clipboard a la bitly
- Saving URL titles
- Support for prefix-n-shorten: sho.rt/http://example.com/
- Core plugin to allow hyphens in URLs
- Core sample plugin to wrap redirected URLs in a social toolbar
- Core sample plugin to show how to create administration page in plugins
- Core plugin to display a random pretty background
- Anti XSS and anti CSRF measures
- Interactive map if possible in stat traffic by countries

Changed:
- Layout now using a more consistent palette, see http://yourls.org/palette
- Change in logic, now all request are handled by PHP and don't rely on .htaccess

Fixed:
- Lots of bugs