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cecil/url
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URL manager and shortener, powered by Cecil.

1.1.0(4mo ago)17MITTwig

Since Jan 4Pushed 4mo ago1 watchersCompare

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***URL*** is an URL manager (and shortener) powered by [Cecil](https://cecil.app) (a static site generator).

How does it work?
-----------------

[](#how-does-it-work)

*URL* is files based, so it nead a file to handle the redirection from the `slug` to the target URL.
So you just have to create this file then *URL* does the rest of the job.

*URL* creates:

1. an HTML file for each URL including the [HTML redirect](https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/HTTP/Redirections)
2. a [Netlify Redirects](https://docs.netlify.com/routing/redirects/) file
3. an Apache `.htaccess` file

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

### Create an URL

[](#create-an-url)

To create a new URL just create a Markdown file in the `pages/` directory, with a `redirect` variable stored in the front matter.

#### Example

[](#example)

File name: `ggl.md`

File content:

```
---
redirect: https://www.google.com/search?q=cecil+static
---
```

Demo:

### Build and deploy

[](#build-and-deploy)

1. Clone this repository and install components with `composer install`, or run `composer create-project cecil/url myproject`
2. Download [Cecil](https://cecil.app/download/)
3. Build the website: `php cecil.phar build`
4. Deploy the `_site` directory on your Web server

#### With Netlify

[](#with-netlify)

[![Deploy to Netlify](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/de47084e2d5a8948486a2238f1517e465560ec293c4a2cba80020472f8d5c80a/68747470733a2f2f7777772e6e65746c6966792e636f6d2f696d672f6465706c6f792f627574746f6e2e737667)](https://app.netlify.com/start/deploy?repository=https://github.com/Cecilapp/cecil.link&stack=cms)

License
-------

[](#license)

*URL* is a free software distributed under the terms of the MIT license.

© [Arnaud Ligny](https://arnaudligny.fr)

###  Health Score

35

—

LowBetter than 80% of packages

Maintenance77

Regular maintenance activity

Popularity6

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity43

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~738 days

Total

2

Last Release

127d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/52a734f97ce4ef72fb07b59e5d0f7f6a26a0b322da49b881bedc3896c5e7f128?d=identicon)[aligny](/maintainers/aligny)

---

Top Contributors

[![ArnaudLigny](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/80580?v=4)](https://github.com/ArnaudLigny "ArnaudLigny (115 commits)")

---

Tags

cecilcecil-starternetlifyshorten-urlsshorturlstatic-site

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![Health badge](/badges/cecil-url/health.svg)

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