If you care where your data lives, a hosted link-in-bio service is a compromise: your page, your click data, and your audience all sit on someone else's servers, governed by someone else's terms of service and someone else's pricing roadmap.
LinkLeaf removes that compromise. It's MIT-licensed and Docker-ready, so you can run your entire link-in-bio setup on your own domain and your own infrastructure — while keeping the same polished editor and analytics you'd expect from a paid SaaS. Prefer zero setup? The hosted version at linkleaf.im is free.
Why people self-host their link-in-bio
- Data ownership. Your analytics belong in a database you control — not a vendor dashboard you're renting.
- No pricing surprises. Self-hosting means no monthly fee and no risk of a mid-year price hike (Linktree Pro jumped to $15/mo in late 2025).
- Custom domain, fully yours. Serve the page from your own domain with no third-party branding.
- Privacy for your visitors. No third-party trackers loading on your public page.
- Auditability. Open-source code you can read, fork, and trust.
How LinkLeaf makes self-hosting painless
- MIT-licensed, open-source code — read it, fork it, extend it.
- Docker-ready — spin it up on your own server without wrestling a complex stack.
- Drag-to-reorder block editor with a full catalog of block types.
- 6 polished themes plus custom styling — designed pages out of the box.
- Analytics — views, clicks, CTR — written to your own database. Nothing phones home.
- Fast, mobile-first public pages with zero trackers.
- 60-second onboarding wizard, whether you're on the hosted version or your own instance.
- No branding lock-in — it's your page and your name on it.
LinkLeaf vs a hosted-only tool like Linktree
| Hosted-only (e.g. Linktree) | LinkLeaf | |
|---|---|---|
| Runs on your own server | No | Yes (Docker-ready) |
| License | Proprietary | MIT open source |
| Custom domain | Paid tier | Yes — your domain |
| Analytics storage | Vendor's servers | Your own database |
| Monthly fee | $15/mo (~$180/yr) | $0 (self-hosted or free hosted) |
| Read/fork the code | No | Yes |
| Trackers on public page | Yes | Zero |
Host it yourself, own it completely
Grab the open-source, MIT-licensed code and deploy with Docker on your own domain — or start free on the hosted version at linkleaf.im and move to self-hosting whenever you want. Either way, your page and your data stay yours.
Related:
- LinkLeaf: The Free, Open-Source Linktree Alternative (No Monthly Fee) →
- LinkLeaf vs Beacons: A Link-in-Bio You Actually Own →
- See the LinkLeaf product page →
The whole suite works this way
58 pay-once apps that replace subscription SaaS — one price on the sticker, paid once. Browse the suite, or grab the 56-app catalog for $997.