Slimlink

Slimlink is a simple and lightweight web service for shortening URLs.

Demo

A public demo instance is hosted at l.shjm.in.

Download

Downloadable builds are available on the releases page.

Docker

Image

ghcr.io/shibijm/slimlink

Docker Compose example

services:
  slimlink:
    container_name: slimlink
    image: ghcr.io/shibijm/slimlink:latest
    restart: unless-stopped
  ports:
    - 127.0.0.1:44558:44558

Configuration - Environment Variables

• BIND_ADDRESS (default: 0.0.0.0)
• BIND_PORT (default: 44558)
• LINK_ID_LENGTH (default: 5, min: 1, max: 64) - Length of each random Base62 string which gets generated for use in shortened URLs. 916 million (62⁵) possibilities when set to 5.
• REDIS_CONNECTION_STRING (format: redis://USERNAME:PASSWORD@HOST:PORT)
• MYSQL_CONNECTION_STRING (format: USERNAME:PASSWORD@tcp(HOST:PORT)/DATABASE_NAME)
• PAGE_FOOTER_TEXT (optional) - Text to be displayed at the bottom-left corner of the main page.

Environment variables will be automatically loaded from a .env file if one exists in the program's working directory.

Only one of the database connection strings must be set.