Link Bird

An open-source API-first URL shortener
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Introduction

Link Bird is an open-source API-first URL shortener

Features

• Analytics: Track every click with real-time analytics, offering detailed insights to understand your audience and optimize performance.
• Geo-Targeting: Redirect users to location-specific destinations, creating tailored experiences for a global audience.
• Custom Open Graph: Customize how your links appear on social media with personalized titles, descriptions, and thumbnails.
• Time-Limited Links: Set expiration dates for your links to ensure they remain active only as long as you need them.
• Notifications: Receive instant notifications for link events, enabling seamless automation with your favorite tools.

Get Started

git clone https://github.com/hirebarend/lnkbrd.git

cd lnkbrd

npm install

npm run dev

Docker

curl -o prod.env.encrypted https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hirebarend/lnkbrd/refs/heads/main/prod.env.encrypted

gpg -o prod.env -d prod.env.encrypted

curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hirebarend/lnkbrd/refs/heads/main/docker-compose.yaml | docker compose -f - up -d

Contributing

We love our contributors! Here's how you can contribute:

• Open an issue if you believe you've encountered a bug.
• Make a pull request to add new features/make quality-of-life improvements/fix bugs.

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License

Inspired by Plausible, Link Bird is open-source under the MIT License. You can find it here.