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Products that do what I made a URL shortener for HN does

1. 1IC
   I created a URL shortener that can be entirely hosted on GitHub Pages▲355

   2020 · github.com

2. 2US
   URL Shortener Optimized for QR Code▲52

   2020 · ku.ag

3. 3IB
   I built Multy – Generate a short URL to share a list of websites▲128

   2021 · multy.me

4. 4SU
   Simplest Url Shortener▲6

   2024 · utile.website

5. 5MA
   Made a substitution-based URL Sanitizer/Shortener▲11

   2013 · u.onloop.net

6. 6SA
   Shorten – A Personal URL Shortener with GitHub Pages▲12

   2017 · github.com

7. 7AS
   A simple url shortener written in Node▲16

   Was bored at work so I threw this together. First bash at a Node app. Built a simple Chrome extension for it too.

   2011 · github.com

8. 8SS
   sus – static site based URL shortener▲13

   2020 · github.com

9. 9SL
   Shortlink – Local, easy to remember URL aliases▲22

   2017 · chrome.google.com

10. 10MN
    My New HN Browser Extension▲19

    2019 · chrome.google.com

11. 11TI
    T0.io – A simple url shortener▲6

    2016 · t0.io

12. 12MF
    My first chrome extension based on an HN thread.▲34

    2011 · halfaclick.blogspot.com

13. 13PP
    Purls – Personal URL Shortener▲13

    2018 · github.com

14. 14AU
    An URL shortening experiment▲7

    2014 · kq.io

15. 15
    Trim▲94

    Custom URL Shortener

    2015

16. 16SC
    stk8.co, a multiple URL shortener.▲10

    2010 · stk8.co

17. 17TF
    Two-faced URLs▲85

    2011 · brokenthings.org

18. 18IB
    I built an URL shortener to share Clubhouse events▲6

    2021 · clublink.to

19. 19AU
    A Url Permanence Service▲32

    2012 · purl.ly

20. 201H
    1Post – HN-like site with markdown and syntax highlighting▲43

    2015 · 1po.st

21. 21AA
    After a couple of months playing with the Reddit API, I built this...▲38

    2012 · flipmeme.com

22. 22IB
    I built a Chrome Extension to automatically expand short urls▲14

    2017 · chrome.google.com

23. 23IM
    I Made a Web API for Textual Data▲27

    2013 · skr.io

24. 24CA
    Cortris – A Simple Url Shortener written in Go▲6

    2020 · adalricus.nand.sh

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