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Palash Bauri 👻

It's just simple guide , I've not made it complex, to let beginners understand the code easily.

Here's the production code,

bauripalash / fossurl

Your Own Url Shortner Without any fancy server side processing and support for custom url , which can even be hosted on GitHub Pages

FossURL 🔗

An Easy to Use URL Shortner Without Needing a User to setup a fancy Server with PHP or NodeJs to work.

>Working Demo<

our old domain fossurl.palash.tk is no longer used , instead we use fossurl.ml

Current Version : 2.0 beta

🎯 Goal Of This Project

Implementing a Simple URL Shortner which can be used without need of any hardcore server side processing and can be hosted on Static Site Hostings like GitHub/Gitlab Pages

💻 Technologies Used

  • Client Side
    1. HTML
    2. CSS
    3. JavaScript
      • jQuery
      • SimpleCopy
  • Server Side
    1. Database : jsonstore.io

TODOs:

  • Shorten via api [Work in Progress]

  • Add Custom URL Supoort [DONE]

⚠ Warning

Please Don't Use FossUrl to shorten any sensitive Information , important files or any other sensitive things which can create privacy issues for an individual or a company or an organisation.

Licence : MIT

Logo License : Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License

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