/SimpleURLShortener

A simple and open source solution to deploy a URL shortener anywhere

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SimpleURLShortener

A simple and open source solution to deploy a URL shortener anywhere

Live working version

I used this privately for a long time, now it is open to the public: https://xh4h.com/shorten

What is "SimpleURLShortener"?

SimpleURLShortener is a lightweight and open sourced URL Shortener which aims to be easily deployed in any server running Express.

I was sick of full-of-ads shorteners and volatile shortened URLs, and since many more people are in the same situation, I decided to develop this project.

How to install

  1. Download latest release.
  2. Open and edit shortener_config.json by filling the connection details to your DB.
  3. run npm install && npm run-script setup to prepare the environment
  4. run node start to start the service.

Service will be running in ip/shorten.