LinkForty

★ 32 · AGPL-3.0 · ACTIVE · ALT TO BRANCH.IO

LinkForty is an open source alternative to Branch.io, Firebase Dynamic Links, and AppsFlyer OneLink. Self-hosted deep linking engine with device detection, deferred linking, and analytics — open-source alternative to Branch.io and Firebase Dynamic Links. AGPL-3.0 licensed, 32 GitHub stars, self-host with Docker, and last released 2026-08-11.

Alternative toAll alternatives to Branch.io All alternatives to Firebase Dynamic Links All alternatives to AppsFlyer OneLink

How to start today

Should you switch?

Use it if

Mobile app teams that need Branch.io-style deep linking and attribution self-hosted on their own infrastructure, comfortable operating Docker and PostgreSQL.

Skip it if

You need a fully managed hosted cloud tier (LinkForty is self-host only), or your product cannot comply with AGPL-3.0 source disclosure requirements.

Watch out

LinkForty is 9 months old (created Nov 2025) with 32 stars. Its only independent user reports describe a Docker self-hosting migration bug (issue #35, reported Jul 2026, addressed by Aug 2026). AGPL-3.0 requires source disclosure for any networked service. Low community adoption signal; project is under active development.

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Community proof

Some quotes here endorse the approach rather than report first-hand use, or report a problem. We label those.

"When deploying LinkForty in a self-hosted environment using Docker Compose, the API service fails to start and returns the following error: {"statusCode":500,"code":"42P01","error":"Internal Server Error","message":"relation \"organizations\" does not exist"}"
dayrondev94 · github_issue · 2026-07-14Problem report

"I was just looking into this for my own setup. The issue lies with the database migrations not creating an organizations (or users) table, but the redirect in the routes code still references it."
m-racine · github_issue · 2026-07-17Problem report

"Thank you for addressing this! I'm looking forward to getting lf working when next I have bandwidth for it."
m-racine · github_issue · 2026-08-11Directional, not usage proof

Maintenance health

CadenceActive

Last releasev1.21.0 · 2026-08-11

Can you do it today?

Get started

1. Run with Docker

docker pull linkforty/core

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