# YOURLS privacy rating

Self-hosted PHP URL shortener with a plugin system, an API, bookmarklets and click statistics for your own short domain.

## Summary

YOURLS scores 65 out of 100 (grade C) on the URL shorteners criteria. It meets 2 of 4 criteria: open source and no ads or data sales. It partly meets no trackers or telemetry. It does not meet independent audit.

- Website: https://yourls.org
- Source code: https://github.com/YOURLS/YOURLS
- License: MIT
- Platforms: Linux, Web
- Home page trackers: Cloudflare Web Analytics (cookieless analytics)
- Category: [URL shorteners](https://privacyratings.com/url-shorteners/)
- Grade: C (65/100)

## Criteria

| Criterion | Answer | Note | Evidence |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Open source | Yes | MIT. | https://github.com/YOURLS/YOURLS/blob/master/LICENSE |
| No trackers or telemetry | Partial | The update check sends usage statistics such as the site URL and link and click counts to api.yourls.org by default. It can be turned off with YOURLS_NO_VERSION_CHECK. | https://github.com/YOURLS/YOURLS/blob/master/includes/functions-http.php |
| No ads or data sales | Yes | Free software funded by sponsors through Open Collective, with no ads. | https://yourls.org |
| Independent audit | No | No independent audit is published. |  |

Source: https://privacyratings.com/url-shorteners/yourls/
Edit: https://github.com/privacyratings/privacyratings.com/edit/main/ratings/url-shorteners/yourls.md