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A very simple link shortener, written in Rust, made to self host.
## What is lonk
Lonk provides an HTTP interface where you input a URL, and get a short, standardized URL
(`.../l/` plus a sequence of letters and numbers) that will redirect you to the provided
URL.
Such link shorteners can be useful to share links where copy-pasting is not an option, or
undesirable.
By default, links shortened with lonk expire after 3 days; this period can be refreshed by
resubmitting the URL, without changing the shortened URL.
## Serving lonk
`lonk` can be served with `docker-compose` (recommended) or as a binary.