Lightweight URL shortener API service with minimal resource requirements. Average memory consumption is under 30MiB and single CPU core consumption around 20%.

Performance: Avg 1K reqs/sec, latency 33ms, benchmark.

Self-hosted with Dokku and Docker Compose.

Images available on Docker Hub.

Why bit?

It is feature-complete by design. Its strength lies in simplicity, reliable without unnecessary bloat. Bug fixes will continue, but new features aren't planned.

• Minimal tracking setup: Country, browser, os, referer. No cookies or persistent tracking mechanisms are used beyond what's available from a basic client's request.
• Standard X-Forwarded-For headers pass client context, enabling tracking and integration capabilities.
• Multiple users are supported via API key authentication. Create, list and delete via the CLI.

Minimum Requirements

• 100MB disk space
• 50MiB RAM
• x86_64 or ARM64

Documentation

• API Reference
• Setup

Contributing

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