URL shorter
For Instructions, please checkout the wiki
About
This is a URL shorter written in Python with Flask als Webhandler. The Webserver I used is Waitress and for the Database I used sqlite, because it's compact and works in this enviorement also with big databases (>2million entries) very quick. I started develloping this URL schorter, because google stopped their own and I can't find a very good one. Every shorter at the time on the market was boring or needed an account. For the first Version I used PHP, but the problem was, I packed everything in one very big file which was very hard to understand. At the time I wanted to use more than one domain I realized it is very hard to implement this, so I started searching for a better solution. The i found Flask, ehich is perfect, because you can split the Website code and the backend into multiple Files. So have fun to use this and contribute to it.
Features
- Custom Links (user can select the short link himself)
- multiple domains
- protected with recaptcha
- automatic darkmode
- account system based on google or github oauth (user can view and delete his links)
- automatic qr code generation after link is shorten
- easy deployment
- can run in offline enviorements (only without login)
Why is this one better than other
- no ADs
- free to use
- custom urls
- easy user management
- modern UI
- very lightweight UI (main page ~34kb)
- posibility to use multiple domains
- open source --> posibility to expand
- very small and lightweight (at the moment the sourcecode is about 2mb)
- can be used in offline enviorements, because no files on external servers are required (except if login is enabled)
- setup is extremly easy and quick
