kurzr

kurzr is a simple URL shortener.

Features

The main feature is to take a full (long) URL and produce a short URL. Requesting the resulting short URL will return an HTTP redirect status to the original full URL.

Alias

When generating a short URL, you may optionally provide an alias which will be used as the short identifier.

Architecture

API

The API is built with Go and implements the Clean Architecture.

Web

The web UI is built with React and Next.js.

Infrastructure

Runtime

The project is running as a serverless function using Netlify Functions, which uses AWS Lambda behind the scenes.

Persistence

URLs are stored in Redis.

Security

reCAPTCHA

reCAPTCHA is used to make it harder for bots to use the site.

Rate Limiting

Redis is also utilized for rate limiting.