16 free URL tools · no sign-up · private by default
Paste a link. We’ll handle the rest.
Zurl reads your URL as you type — spots tracking, shorteners and disguised links — and gives you the right tool in one click.
Analysis runs in your browser. Press / to focus, ⌘K to search every tool.
What do you need to do?
Start from the job, not the tool name.
Share a link
Make it short, clean and scannable — without losing your campaign tags.
Investigate a link
Find out where it really goes, whether it works, and what threat databases say.
Debug a URL
Encode, decode and take apart query strings in your browser.
Audit a page
See what search engines and social networks will show.
How Zurl works
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third-party scripts
Fast
Static pages, no third-party scripts, no fonts to download. Browser tools respond as you type.
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tools run fully in your browser
Private
Eight tools never send your input anywhere. Server tools don’t log URLs, and results are cached only briefly.
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sign-ups required
Honest
Safety results name their source. Nothing is ever called “100% safe”. Private and internal addresses are blocked, never fetched.
Exactly what runs where is on the privacy page.
Every tool
Browse by category →URL Management
- URL ShortenerTurn a long link into a short, shareable zurl.world URL.
- URL ExpanderSee where a short link really goes before you click it.
- URL CheckerCheck whether a URL is reachable, and how it responds.
- Redirect CheckerTrace every hop in a redirect chain, with status codes.
- URL Status CheckerFind out which HTTP status code a URL returns.
URL Analysis
URL Parameters
- URL EncoderlocalPercent-encode text for use in a URL.
- URL DecoderlocalTurn %20-style percent-encoding back into readable text.
- UTM BuilderlocalBuild campaign-tagged URLs for Google Analytics.
- UTM CleanerlocalStrip utm_ and click-tracking parameters from a link.
- UTM ParserlocalRead a campaign URL’s UTM and query parameters as a table.
- URL Parameter RemoverlocalPick query parameters to remove and get a clean URL.
- URL ParserlocalBreak a URL into protocol, host, path, query and fragment.
Sharing
Frequently asked questions
- What is Zurl?
- Zurl is a free toolbox for working with web addresses. Paste a URL and it shows you what the link is made of, flags tracking parameters, shorteners and disguise tricks, and suggests what to do next — shorten it, clean it, check it, expand it or turn it into a QR code.
- Do I need an account?
- No. Every tool works without signing up. A free account only adds management features for short links — custom endings, expiry, passwords and click analytics.
- Which tools send my URL to a server?
- The URL analysis on this page, the encoder, decoder, UTM builder, UTM cleaner, UTM parser, parameter remover, URL parser and QR code generator run entirely in your browser — nothing is sent. Tools that have to contact the website (checker, expander, redirect and status checkers, metadata, screenshot) or a security database (safety checker) send the URL to Zurl’s server, which does not log it.
- Is Zurl free?
- Yes. All tools are free to use, with fair-use rate limits on the ones that make network requests.
- Can Zurl tell me whether a link is safe?
- The URL Safety Checker looks links up in Google Safe Browsing and VirusTotal and tells you exactly what they report. No tool can guarantee a link is safe, and Zurl never claims to.