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      <title>LinkBreeze. The self-hosted Linktree alternative. Migrate in 30 seconds. One-line install.</title>
      <dc:creator>Manak</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2026 00:14:43 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>https://dev.to/manak_/linkbreeze-the-self-hosted-linktree-alternative-migrate-in-30-seconds-one-line-install-ki2</link>
      <guid>https://dev.to/manak_/linkbreeze-the-self-hosted-linktree-alternative-migrate-in-30-seconds-one-line-install-ki2</guid>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;LinkBreeze is a self-hosted alternative to Linktree. I built it because Linktree's $15/mo Pro plan didn't justify the feature set, email capture is another $9/mo, embed widgets are paywalled, link scheduling is paywalled. I wanted something I actually own: my data on my server, no subscription, no tracking pixels.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The interesting technical bit: the public page ships zero client-side JavaScript.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The entire link-in-bio page, themes, animations, hover effects, QR codes, embed widgets, renders server-side as pure HTML/CSS. No React runtime, no hydration, no framework JS. The visitor downloads HTML + CSS + their fonts. Page loads in under 300ms. That's it.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Feature gap vs. the competition (what pushed me to build this):&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div class="table-wrapper-paragraph"&gt;&lt;table&gt;
&lt;thead&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Feature&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Linktree&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;LinkStack&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;LittleLink&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Shako&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;LinkBreeze&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/thead&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Price&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$15/mo&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Free&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Free&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Free&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Free&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Admin Panel&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;✅&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Slow&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;❌&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;❌&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;✅ Fast&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Multi-Page&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Paid&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;❌&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;❌&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;❌&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;✅&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Migration Wizard&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;❌&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;❌&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;❌&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;❌&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;✅&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Built-in Analytics&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Paid&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Basic&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;❌&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;❌&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;✅ Full&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;External Analytics&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;✅&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;✅&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;❌&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;❌&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;✅&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Email Capture&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Paid&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;❌&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;❌&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;❌&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;✅&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Embed Widgets&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Paid&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;❌&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;❌&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;❌&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;✅&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Link Thumbnails&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Paid&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;❌&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;❌&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;❌&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;✅&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Link Scheduling&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Paid&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;❌&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;❌&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;❌&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;✅&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Themes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Paid&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Limited&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;CSS only&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Config&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;✅ Full Token System + Import/Export&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Custom CSS&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;❌&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;❌&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;✅&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;❌&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;✅&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Language&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Closed&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;PHP&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;HTML&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Astro&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;TypeScript&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Docker Deploy&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;N/A&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Complex&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Simple&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Simple&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;One command&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;License&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Closed&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;AGPL&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;MIT&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;GPL&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;MIT&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Live demo (read-only): &lt;a href="https://linkbreeze-demo.omnirise.dev/alex" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;https://linkbreeze-demo.omnirise.dev/alex&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
Admin demo: &lt;a href="https://linkbreeze-demo.omnirise.dev/login" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;https://linkbreeze-demo.omnirise.dev/login&lt;/a&gt; (demo / demo1234)&lt;br&gt;
Repo: &lt;a href="https://github.com/Manak-hash/LinkBreeze" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;https://github.com/Manak-hash/LinkBreeze&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I'd genuinely appreciate feedback, bug reports, or feature suggestions. What's missing compared to what you'd expect from a self-hosted tool like this?&lt;/p&gt;

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      <category>nextjs</category>
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