LinkStack

Who it is for

For individuals and people who want more privacy. It runs on the web and a computer you control. License: AGPL-3.0. It is in the Link pages group.

What you pay

Free plan: The software is free to run on your server. Community instances are other people's servers. Hosted plans are separate. The hosted single-user plan is a subdomain. A custom domain on a hosted plan starts at the $5 a month tier. Hosted price: $1 a month for one user on a subdomain, $5 a month for up to 10 users with a custom domain, or $8 a month for up to 100 users with a custom domain. Prices are the hosted plans on linkstack.org. Self-hosting does not use these plans. Run it yourself: Setup: medium. The requirements page lists PHP 8.1, Apache with mod_rewrite, and SQLite or MySQL. The Docker setup uses the linkstackorg/linkstack image, Apache, and PHP 8.3. This review did not install it.

How to switch

• Compared with Buffer Start Page. Its price on file: Start Page has no separate price. It counts as a Buffer channel. On November 6, 2026 the pricing page shows Free for up to 3 channels, Essentials at $5 a month for 1 channel ($60 billed yearly), and Team at $10 a month for 1 channel ($120 billed yearly).

  What you give up: an embedded YouTube video, embedded music, and an email signup, and 1 more. You only get part of: images on the page and a copy of the page you can host.

  Free alternatives to Buffer Start Page·Move a Buffer Start Page to LinkStack

How close is it?

A full score means it matches our checklist. It is not a drop-in replacement.

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  Instead of Buffer Start Page12 of 12 checked features. A full score means it matches our checklist. It is not a drop-in replacement.What you give up: an embedded YouTube video, embedded music, and an email signup, and 1 more. You only get part of: images on the page and a copy of the page you can host.Link buttons take a title and a URL. The repo ships branded button names, including YouTube and TikTok.The studio screens edit the page in the browser. This review read those screens in the repo and did not click a live instance.The repo includes text and heading blocks, plus a page description field.The page screen has a profile picture upload. This review did not find an image-grid block.YouTube is a button that leaves the page. This review did not find an embed block.Apple Music and SoundCloud are button names, not embedded players.The studio can pick a theme or upload one. This review did not find a font picker on that screen.The page screen has a page URL field. A self-hosted install uses your server's address.You point your domain at the server you run. On the hosted plans, a custom domain is listed from $5 a month, not on the $1 plan.The homepage says you can export data from one instance to another, and the profile screen can import that user data. It is not a Buffer Start Page, and it is not a folder of HTML.The email block saves a mailto address. It is not a form that stores signups.Buffer's post says the updates feed exists only in Buffer.

Related alternatives

Link pages alternatives

• Free alternatives to Buffer Start Page
• LittleLink: A link page made of HTML and CSS, with no account.
• Lnk.bio: A hosted link page with a free plan. Buffer names it as a move target.

Free apps in this group

• LittleLink: A link page made of HTML and CSS, with no account.
• Lnk.bio: A hosted link page with a free plan. Buffer names it as a move target.

Switch guides

• Move a Buffer Start Page to LinkStack

Where we looked

• https://linkstack.org/
• https://docs.linkstack.org/getting-started/requirements/
• https://docs.linkstack.org/docker/setup/
• https://docs.linkstack.org/faq/
• https://github.com/LinkStackOrg/LinkStack