Ghurl – URL Shortener with GitHub Issues

In plain words

Ghurl is a URL shortener that uses GitHub Issues as its database instead of traditional backend servers. Users create short links by referencing issue numbers on the ghurl/db repository, with each issue's title serving as the destination URL. The tool is designed for developers seeking a serverless approach to URL shortening, leveraging GitHub's infrastructure entirely.

written from the facts on this page · September 2026

From the sources

Proof of concept URL shortener with no back-end servers (apart from GitHub's!). Correct URLs are in the format https://ghurl.github.io/?n , where n is an issue on the ghurl/db repository. The title of the issue is used as the URL tofrom ghurl.github.io

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