URLx

Shorten any link. Track every click.

Shorten links for free with URLx and track every click with real-time analytics. Generate QR codes, use our REST API, and grow faster with a privacy-first platform.

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Features

Everything a link should do. Nothing it should not.

Short links, QR codes, statistics and an API, with every destination checked before it goes live.

Links & QR codes

A short link and its QR code, in one click

Paste a long address and get a clean short link back, with a QR code ready to download for print, packaging or a slide.

  • No account needed to start
  • QR code generated with every link, as a PNG
  • Turn a link off and on again from your dashboard

Statistics

See who clicks, from where, on what

Every click is counted as it happens. Follow the curve day by day and compare the sources that bring your visitors.

  • Clicks per day, unique visitors, countries and devices
  • Referrers, to compare your channels
  • CSV export of every click for your own reports

Safe destinations

Every destination is checked before it goes live

A short link hides where it leads. URLx looks before anyone clicks, and keeps looking afterwards.

  • Blocked domains and known threat feeds, updated daily
  • Redirect chains of other shorteners followed to the end
  • A domain flagged later disables the links that point to it

API

Plug your tools in

Create, list, turn off and export your links from your own code, with a personal token and a documented REST API.

  • Personal token, revocable at any time
  • OpenAPI documentation you can try in the browser
  • The same checks as the website on every link
Read the API documentation

Privacy

Your visitors are not the product

We count clicks, we do not profile people. Your statistics stay yours and are never shared, sold or used for advertising.

  • Visitor IP addresses kept 30 days, then truncated
  • Unique visitors counted from a keyed fingerprint, never the address
  • Fonts and icons served by URLx itself: no call to another site
Read how we handle data

Free account

Start without an account. Keep going with one.

Without an account

Right here, right now

  • Short link
  • QR code
  • Dashboard of your links
  • Statistics per link
  • Turn links off, delete them
  • CSV export
  • API access
  • Two-factor sign-in
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With a free account

Everything, still free

  • Short link
  • QR code
  • Dashboard of your links
  • Statistics per link
  • Turn links off, delete them
  • CSV export
  • API access
  • Two-factor sign-in
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Frequently asked questions

Can I use URLx without creating an account?

Yes. Paste a link above and you get a short link and its QR code straight away. An account adds the dashboard, statistics, exports and the API.

Is it really free?

Yes, with no card asked. A daily limit on new links keeps the service from being used for spam.

What happens if a link points to a dangerous site?

It is refused when you create it. If the destination is flagged later, the link is turned off and stops redirecting.

Can I see the IP addresses of my visitors?

No. You see countries, devices, sources and the number of unique visitors, never an address.

Can I delete a link?

Yes, from your dashboard, if you created it while signed in. A link created without an account cannot be managed afterwards.

Is there an API?

Yes. Create a token in your account and follow the documentation to create and manage links from your own tools.

Your next link is one click away

Shorten it now, sign up when you want the numbers.

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