URL shorter

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 and github oauth (user can view and delete his links)
• qr code generation after link is shorten
• easy deployment
• can run in offline enviorements (behind a firewall)

Why is this one better than other

• no ADs
• free to use
• custom urls
• easy user management
• modern UI
• very lightweight UI (main page ~0.5MB)
• posibility to use multiple domains
• open source --> posibility to expand
• very small and leightweight (at the moment the sourcecode is about 2mb)
• can be used in offline enviorements, because no online files needed (behind a firewall)