Lessn More
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Lessn More, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From Lessn More's own pricing page, checked 12 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Lessn More | Free | Free, open-source personal URL shortener; self-hosted |
The facts
Each one read from Lessn More's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- API
- The API uses HTTP GET requests, requires an API key, and supports creating or retrieving short URLs and custom slugs.checked 12 Oct 2026
- API access
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Bookmarklets
- Bookmarklets can shorten or tweet URLs and support custom short URLs.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Concurrency caveat
- The maker does not recommend incremental mode when multiple URLs may be shortened at the same time.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Custom domains
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Custom URLs
- Users can choose custom short URLs when shortening links.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Database limits
- PostgreSQL and SQLite may work but are not officially supported and are offered at the user's risk.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Hosting and requirements
- It is self-hosted software requiring PHP 5.6 or newer, PHP PDO, and a database; MySQL is the most solidly supported.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Intended user
- The project describes itself as a personal URL shortener and provides installation instructions for deploying it on the user's own domain.checked 12 Oct 2026
- License
- The project describes its license as BSD-like; its repository identifies the license as BSD-3-Clause.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Lessn More is a free, open-source personal URL shortener with enhancements over the original Lessn.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Redirect options
- It can create multiple redirections to the same long URL and can shorten non-Web URIs such as ftp: or magnet:.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Security
- The project says HTTPS logins use a cookie that will not leak over HTTPS and authentication cookies are set HTTP_ONLY.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Slug formats
- Short URLs can use random or incremental slugs, with configurable character case and lookalike-character avoidance.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Statistics
- The product provides statistics on redirection usage.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Support
- The software is offered as-is, without support or warranty; issues can be reported through its GitHub issue tracker.checked 12 Oct 2026
The company
- Founded
- 2010checked 28 Sep 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
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