Link Shorteners
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Link Shorteners

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Jan 11, 2021 4:42 PM
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May 16, 2022 4:25 PM
Published?

Looking to use a quick and easy link shortener:

git.io

Looking for reasons to not use bit.ly :

  • They use ad-tracking cookies

Building a custom link shortener:

  • YOURLS is a good open source project
  • Just need a LAMP stack server (Digital Ocean image good starting point)
YOURLS: Your Own URL Shortener

YOURLS stands for Your Own URL Shortener. It is a small set of PHP scripts that will allow you to run your own URL shortening service ( a la TinyURL or Bitly). Running your own URL shortener is fun, geeky and useful: you own your data and don't depend on third-party services.

  • Example: http://tstmk.rs/