# YOURLS

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/yourls/  
**Website:** https://yourls.org/  
**APIs profiled:** 1

YOURLS (Your Own URL Shortener) is an open‑source PHP application that lets you run your own URL shortening service on a self‑hosted server. It provides a simple web interface, API endpoints for creating, managing, and tracking short URLs, and supports plugins for extending functionality. The project is maintained by the community and offers documentation, a GitHub repository, and a public blog for updates and support.

## Kin Score — 19.7 / 100 (emerging)

Scored 2026-10-31 under rubric 0.25.0.

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 57.1 |
| Contract Quality | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 31.6 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 47.6 |
| Access Clarity | 0.0 |

Regulatory layer — **Horizontal (data, software, accessibility, platform)**: 17.6 (matched via fallback).

## Agent readiness — 2.5 (human-only)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | no |
| Agentic Access | no |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | bearer |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | no |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |
| Delegated Identity | no |
| Protected Resource Metadata | no |
| Dynamic Client Registration | no |
| Agentic Commerce | no |
| Pagination Ratio | na |
| Operation Distinctiveness | na |

## APIs (1)

- **YOURLS API** — YOURLS provides a simple HTTP API for creating, managing, and retrieving short URLs as documented in the developer guide.

## Security (3)

- **Yourls Authentication** — 1 scheme
- **Yourls Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC
- **Yourls Vulnerability Disclosure** — security.txt · contact published

## Tags

Company, URL-Shortener, Open-Source, PHP, Self-Hosted

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/yourls/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.