Dubinc by dubinc

The modern link attribution platform. Loved by world-class marketing teams like Framer, Perplexity, Superhuman, Twilio, Buffer and more.

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Verdict 69/100 health $4.13/mo cheapest, hetzner 3/5 setup difficulty

Self-host Dubinc on hetzner for $4.13/mo and save approximately $190/year vs Vercel.

Health score
69 /100
6-dim composite
Self-hosts from
$4.13 /mo
hetzner · CAX11
Difficulty
3 /5
External DB / setup
GitHub stars
23k
3.0k forks

About Dubinc

From the project's README at github.com/dubinc/dub. Lightly cleaned for readability; for the full source see the upstream repo.

Introduction · Tech Stack · Self-hosting · Contributing Introduction

Dub is the modern, open-source link attribution platform for short links, conversion tracking, and affiliate programs.

Health score breakdown

6-dimension composite. See methodology for formula and weights.

activity
100
maturity
28
community
94
security
85
sustainability
53
adoption
41

Adoption signals

Real-world usage data, pulled from each registry. The bigger the numbers, the more battle-tested the project.

SignalValueSource
GitHub stars 23k github.com/dubinc/dub
GitHub forks 3.0k github.com/dubinc/dub
NPM downloads (last month) 448k dub

Release & maintenance

Is this project actively maintained, or about to die? Check the recency of last commit and last release.

Project age3.7 yearssince Aug 2022
Last commit2 days agoMay 5, 2026
Security policySECURITY.mddeclared by maintainers

Self-hosting cost across providers

Detected requirements: 4GB RAM, 40GB disk minimum. Cheapest plan per provider that meets the requirement.

ProviderPlanSpecsMonthly
hetzner CAX11 2c · 4GB · 40GB $4.13 USD Deploy →
vultr VC2 1c · 1GB · 25GB $5 USD Deploy →
linode Nanode 1GB 1c · 1GB · 25GB $5.12 USD Deploy →
digitalocean Basic Regular 1GB 1c · 1GB · 25GB $6 USD Deploy →

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Ready to self-host Dubinc?

Spin up a hetzner CAX11 (4GB RAM, 40GB disk) for $4.13/mo and follow the project's official install docs.

Data last refreshed May 7, 2026.

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