Trimly is a branded link shortener with full click analytics that you actually own. Bitly charges $29/month — $348 a year — just to put your own domain on your links, then keeps your click data on its servers. Trimly is $29 once: unlimited links on your domain, with every click stored in a local SQLite file on your hardware.

For marketers, agencies, and creators running campaigns who want their click data back.

• Branded short links — auto-generated or custom slugs on your own domain

• Click analytics: total + unique clicks (privacy-friendly daily IP+UA hash), clicks-over-time chart, top referrers, devices, browsers, countries

• QR code for every link — downloadable PNG and SVG; edit destinations without breaking printed codes

• 301 / 302 per link, enable/disable/edit any time

• UTM builder built into the create form

• Bulk CSV import & export — migrate off Bitly in one paste

• Free country detection via Cloudflare's CF-IPCountry header — no paid geo APIs

• Zero telemetry, zero external calls

Runs as a Windows desktop app or on a $5 VPS (Docker included).

What's included:

• Windows installer download (build via npm run dist)

• Full source access — https://github.com/bensblueprints/link-shortener (MIT)

• Lifetime v1 updates

• Setup guide (README quick start)

• Premium tiers coming later