FlyURL - Let your URL fly!

FlyURL is a simple, self-hosted URL shortener, built with Python web technology.

Features

• Shortening the long URL into a shorter one
• Preview a shortened URL by adding p/ before the ID. e.g. http://localhost:5000/6277dd6 becomes http://localhost:5000/p/6277dd6
• Block duplicated URLs
• URLs with custom ID
• Blacklist other URL shortener services, and harmful links
• Simple click tracker analytics
• Lookup tools to look up if a URL has been shortened before
• Self-expire (based on clicks/time)
• Branded URLs (?)
• About and FAQ section

Screenshots

Homepage

Showing the shortened URL

Preview

Statistics

Getting started

Clone this repository, then run:

cd flyurl
source venv/bin/Activate      # Bash
source venv/bin/Activate.csh  # csh
source venv/bin/Activate.fish # fish
source venv/bin/Activate.ps1  # Powershell
python init_db.py
./run_server.sh

Tech stack

• Flask (Web framework)
• Mako (Template engine)
• SQLite (Database)
• Flask-WTF (Handling forms)
• Lit (CSS styling)