Kutt
by Kutt · Free and open source URL shortener with custom domains
BenchRank score
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Overview
Kutt is an open source URL shortener. You create short links, protect or delete them, and view detailed statistics on their use, with custom domains supported. Links can also be created, deleted and retrieved through its API, and browser extensions are offered for Chrome and Firefox. The software can be self-hosted.
- Best for
- People who want a free, self-hostable URL shortener with custom domains and link statistics
- Pricing
- The page states Kutt is free and open source and can be self-hosted; a Premium link is shown but no prices appear in the captured text.
- Runs on
- WebBrowser extension
Strengths and trade-offs
Strengths
- Open source and free; can be hosted on your own server
- Custom domains can be added or removed at no cost
- API to create, delete and fetch URLs
- Chrome and Firefox browser extensions
Trade-offs
- Self-hosting means running and maintaining the server yourself
- A Premium option is linked but the page gives no detail on it
How Kutt markets itself
A structured read of the promise, proof and page design on Kutt’s captured homepage.
Homepage capture
“Kutt your links shorter.”
- Angle: Outcome / benefit-led
- Hero: Form in hero
Pricing
Published plans and prices from Kutt’s own pricing page.
How this score is made up
Each dimension is scored out of 100 and combined into the headline score using fixed weights.
MCP support
Whether an agent can drive the product through the Model Context Protocol, and how much setup that takes.
API quality
Public API surface: machine-readable spec, official SDKs, documented auth, errors, rate limits and versioning.
Documentation
Publicly reachable docs — coverage, freshness, code samples and machine readability.
Agent friendliness
How readable the site is to an automated client: llms.txt, structured data, server-rendered content, crawler access.
Changelog
A public, dated record of what shipped and when — the clearest signal that a product is still alive.
Marketing site structure
Whether the site answers a buyer's questions: clear positioning, the pages that matter, and accessibility.
Page speed
How fast the site loads for real visitors: Chrome UX Report 75th-percentile LCP, INP and CLS, with a Lighthouse mobile run standing in where a site has too little traffic for field data.
Operational trust
Status page and incident history, security disclosure, compliance and data-processing documentation.
Measured, but not part of the score
Useful to know, but not a mark for or against the product — so these do not affect the ranking.
Openness
Source availability, self-hosting, data export and open standards. Scored and shown, but not part of the composite — paid SaaS is not worse for being paid SaaS.
Maintenance
Release cadence and repository activity. Scored and shown, but not part of the composite — it is only measurable for open repositories.
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Where this comes from
The Kutt pages BenchRank reads when it scores the product — its documentation, release notes, status and security pages, and its repository where there is one.
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