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danielebuso/shortener
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Laravel 7 local url shortener

1.0.3(5y ago)02.8kMITPHPPHP ^7.1

Since Jul 6Pushed 5y ago1 watchersCompare

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Laravel Link Shortener
======================

[](#laravel-link-shortener)

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Local link shortener for Laravel 7

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

You can install the package via composer:

```
composer require danielebuso/shortener
```

Publish the migration and migrate

```
php artisan vendor:publish --tag=migrations
php artisan migrate
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
$short_link = Shortener::shorten('https://example.com/my-very-long-link');

$short_link->short_url // Eg. https://myapp.com/l/JedO8TSC
```

Customize routing
-----------------

[](#customize-routing)

To customize the link routing add the following to your routes and customize as you wish

```
Route::domain('mylink.com')->group(function () {
    Route::get('{short_link}', 'ShortLinkController@resolve')->name('short_link');
});

// Then in controller
$short_link->short_url // Eg. https://mylink.com/JedO8TSC
```

Configuration
-------------

[](#configuration)

To customize the config either use the environment variables or publish the configuration file

```
php artisan vendor:publish --tag=config
```

Config.envDefaultDescriptionlink\_lengthSHORTENER\_LINK\_LENGTH8Number of random characters used in link generation### Testing

[](#testing)

```
composer test
```

### Upcoming features

[](#upcoming-features)

- Custom validity (nbf, exp)
- Link analitycs (times opened)
- Real tests

### Security

[](#security)

If you discover any security related issues, please email  instead of using the issue tracker.

Credits
-------

[](#credits)

- [Daniele Buso](https://github.com/danielebuso)
- [All Contributors](../../contributors)

License
-------

[](#license)

The MIT License (MIT). Please see [License File](LICENSE) for more information.

###  Health Score

27

—

LowBetter than 49% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity16

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity53

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 ~8 days

Total

4

Last Release

2115d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/f71402d5c4de206cf25f6386b213b5ce7fcd214be6488eda25130ccc48394fc6?d=identicon)[danielebuso](/maintainers/danielebuso)

---

Top Contributors

[![danielebuso](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/6517317?v=4)](https://github.com/danielebuso "danielebuso (21 commits)")

---

Tags

laravelshortenerdanielebuso

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