# nelsontky/gh-pages-url-shortener

Minimal URL shortener that can be entirely hosted on GitHub pages.

Repository: https://github.com/nelsontky/gh-pages-url-shortener
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/gh-pages-url-shortener
Homepage: https://ccb.wtf/1
Language: HTML
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: url-shortener, tinyurl, bitly, urlshortener, shorten-urls, self-hosted, url-shorteners, github-page, shorturl, short-url, shortener, serverless
Last push: 2024-06-26T14:17:31+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2119, "days_push": 798, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1413, forks 544 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:39.525251+00:00)

## What it is
A minimal URL shortener hosted entirely on GitHub Pages, using GitHub issues as its 'database' and a 404.html JavaScript redirect trick. It requires no servers or databases and is free to run on GitHub.

## Use cases
- host a free URL shortener without a server
- shorten links using only GitHub Pages
- create clean short URLs like example.com/1 without a hash
- self-host a tinyurl/bitly alternative with zero maintenance
- manage short links by opening GitHub issues

## When to choose
- you want a zero-cost, zero-maintenance URL shortener
- you already use GitHub and are fine managing links via issues
- your traffic is low and reliability requirements are modest

## When to avoid
- you need guaranteed availability or low latency (it depends on the GitHub API)
- you need analytics, custom slugs, or link editing
- you need high-volume or production-grade link shortening

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: http-server, developer-tools, self-hosted
- domain: web-development, self-hosted, developer-tools
- platform: browser, self-hosted
- tags: url-shortener, github-pages, serverless, static-site, github-issues-as-database, web-server

## Member repositories
- nelsontky/gh-pages-url-shortener (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:39.525251+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T04:38:17.345581+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/nelsontky/gh-pages-url-shortener (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:39.525251+00:00, sha 021bd4a5208d)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.