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The original was posted on /r/selfhosted by /u/CordlessWool on 2025-05-27 11:22:06+00:00.
First, I would like to thank everyone for the feedback I received on my link shortener following my last post. The 35 GitHub Stars I received immediately after posting gave me a real dopamine boost. That’s why I want to give you some presents.
I have made some updates to Shrtn:
- add an option to make your own link shortener totally private
- add an option to restrict login to emails or domains
- add an option to disable login
- call limit on links (optional)
- protect links by password (optional)
- improve security by rejecting internal URLs/IPs.
- spanish translation
The first two features are probably the most important for this community, or perhaps the first three.
Simply set PUBLIC_INSTANCE_MODE=PRIVATE to disable the public link shortener, and combine it with ALLOWED_LOGIN_EMAILS[email protected];[email protected] or ALLOWED_LOGIN_DOMAINS=shrtn.io;dropanote.de to restrict login to known users only.
This will help to avoid the risk of your instance being misused. If you want to make it public without login, you can set: PUBLIC_INSTANCE_MODE=PUBLIC_ONLY.
You can find more details about the setup process at https://shrtn.io/setup
