Flink

Create QR Codes, embeddable link previews for your website and crawls/scrapes metadata.

Maintained Last commit · 1 release in the past year

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At a glance

GitLab stars
20
Forks
3
Last commit
2026-06-05
Latest release
2.6.0-rc02
2026-01-05
Commits (12 mo)
–
Releases (12 mo)
1
License
MIT
Language / platform
Docker

Maintenance health: Maintained

Last commit within the past 12 months. Last commit · 1 release in the past year.

How we label health: Active = last commit within 90 days, Maintained = within 12 months, Slowing = 12–24 months, Stale = over 24 months, Archived = read-only repository, Unknown = no data. Activity data from the GitLab API.

Run Flink yourself

  • RAM: ~1 GB server (1 vCPU)
  • Docker: yes

Estimated monthly server cost

ProviderPlan size~ USD / month
Vultr1 GB$5Deploy →
Akamai (Linode)1 GB$5Deploy →
DigitalOcean1 GB$6Deploy →

Rough estimate from the app's stack and category, not a benchmark. Several light apps can share one server. Some hosting links may be affiliate links. We may earn a commission at no extra cost to you; it never affects which apps we list.

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