Shorty

Small, self-hosted link shortener written in Rust, easy to deploy behind a reverse proxy.

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Shorty is a small, self-hosted URL shortener written in Rust, distributed as a Docker image or a compilable binary. It's meant to run behind a reverse proxy like nginx and is configured through a simple TOML file or environment variables. It's aimed at self-hosters who want a lightweight shortener without extra platform overhead.

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Problem & pain-point mapping
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What it's a strong alternative to
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