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lighturl/lighturl
=================

Open Source Url Shortener

1.0.3(9y ago)040MITPHPPHP >=5.6.4

Since Sep 6Pushed 9y ago1 watchersCompare

[ Source](https://github.com/lighturl/lighturl)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/lighturl/lighturl)[ Docs](https://lighturl.in)[ RSS](/packages/lighturl-lighturl/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 4w ago

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lighturl
========

[](#lighturl)

Open Source Url Shortener

[![Build Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/4f08f6c3147702d577f6b85d19bfbbd17d182b846b60e63de4755e7645e05724/68747470733a2f2f7472617669732d63692e6f72672f6c6967687475726c2f6c6967687475726c2e7376673f6272616e63683d6d6173746572)](https://travis-ci.org/lighturl/lighturl)

### Requirements

[](#requirements)

- PHP 5.6.4+

### Installation

[](#installation)

#### Via Composer Install

[](#via-composer-install)

```
$ composer require lighturl/lighturl
```

#### Database Migration

[](#database-migration)

use [Phinx PHP Database Migrations](https://github.com/robmorgan/phinx)

```
edit phinx.yml
$ phinx migrate -e
```

### Docs

[](#docs)

Coming soon

Quick Start
-----------

[](#quick-start)

```
require 'vendor/autoload.php';
use Illuminate\Database\Capsule\Manager as Capsule;
use LightUrl\LightUrl;
```

```
$capsule = new Capsule;

        $capsule->addConnection([
            'driver'    => 'mysql',
            'host'      => 'localhost',
            'database'  => 'lighturl',
            'username'  => 'root',
            'password'  => '',
            'charset'   => 'utf8',
            'collation' => 'utf8_unicode_ci',
            'prefix'    => '',
        ]);

        // Make this Capsule instance available globally via static methods... (optional)
        $capsule->setAsGlobal();

// Setup the Eloquent ORM... (optional; unless you've used setEventDispatcher())
        $capsule->bootEloquent();

        $connection=$capsule->getConnection();
```

```
$light = new LightUrl($connection);

if(isset($_GET['shortkey'])){

     $light->redirectTo($_GET['shortkey']);

}else {

$key = $light->lighten($heavyUrl);

echo $key;
}
```

Changelog
---------

[](#changelog)

Details changes for each release are documented in the [release notes](https://github.com/lighturl/lighturl/releases).

License
-------

[](#license)

MIT

###  Health Score

27

—

LowBetter than 47% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity8

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity63

Established project with proven stability

 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 ~4 days

Total

7

Last Release

3555d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d2b06ef84ff64bbfaa8fca0d657c8e2ce47b53f40f76ab56c87c3af78396aa1d?d=identicon)[enginkartal](/maintainers/enginkartal)

---

Top Contributors

[![enginkartal](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/7090696?v=4)](https://github.com/enginkartal "enginkartal (9 commits)")

---

Tags

urlcmsshortenerurl shortener

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

### Embed Badge

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

```
[![Health](https://phpackages.com/badges/lighturl-lighturl/health.svg)](https://phpackages.com/packages/lighturl-lighturl)
```

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