AKA - a simple, private URL shortener/bookkeeper that is hosted locally.

Brandon Li — Thu, 12 Aug 2021 00:22:55 +0000

AKA is a simple, private URL shortener/bookkeeper for personal use that is hosted locally.

For example, the URL https://long-domain.com/foo/, can be shortened to aka/foo. AKA also allows for sub-routes of shortened URLS. So typing in aka/foo/bar in your browser will redirect you to https://long-domain.com/foo/bar.

AKA provides the same bookmarking that, for example, your bookmarks bar on your browser already provides. However, interacting with your keyboard is faster than interacting with your mouse and GUI. AKA provides short keyboard access to bookmark your most visited websites.

AKA also gives instant access to sub-routes of websites. I've found that when I click on a website on my bookmarks bar, say https://github.com/, I usually have to navigate to some other page that I don't commonly go to, like https://github.com/settings/. Instead of interacting with the GUI on the website to find the settings page, I can have aka/gh point to https://github.com/, and visit aka/gh/settings!

For more information, visit https://github.com/brandonLi8/aka

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AKA - a simple, private URL shortener/bookkeeper that is hosted locally.