Shorten My URL (SMURL)

SMURL is a lightweight, self-hosted URL shortener built with FastAPI and SQLite. It provides a simple, dark-themed interface for shortening URLs and viewing analytics.

A testbed instance is available at s.sij.ai.

Setup

Clone the repo and install dependencies:

git clone https://sij.ai/sij/smurl.git
cd smurl
pip install fastapi uvicorn

Start the FastAPI server:

python smurl.py

SMURL assumes you're using a reverse proxy for TLS termination. Caddy is recommended.

Usage

Shorten a URL

1. Visit the URL you've reverse proxied to your SMURL instance—or, for the testbed instance, s.sij.ai.
2. Enter a URL (with or without https://).
3. Click SMURL to generate a short link.

Redirect

Visit a shortened URL, e.g.:

https://s.sij.ai/abc123

View Analytics

1. Enter the shortcode (abc123) in the same input box.
2. Click SMURL to view click statistics.