Lstu
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The facts
Each one read from Lstu's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Administration
- The API supports administrator login using a configured admin password and administrator-only link deletion.checked 13 Oct 2026
- API
- The API can shorten a URL and optionally accept custom shortened text.checked 13 Oct 2026
- API access
- Creating a short URL through the API requires the user to be logged in.checked 13 Oct 2026
- API formats
- API endpoints can return JSON when the optional format parameter is set to json; otherwise they return HTML.checked 13 Oct 2026
- API link creation
- The API supports authenticated link creation, with optional custom shortened text and JSON or HTML responses.checked 12 Oct 2026
- API statistics
- The authenticated statistics endpoint returns each shortened URL, its destination, and a counter of unique visits.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Availability
- The Lstu service page says URL shortening is reserved to the site owner because of abuse.checked 13 Oct 2026
- Database options
- The README says Lstu can use PostgreSQL or MySQL instead of SQLite.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Hosting
- The project is listed under the Hat softwares group on Framagit; the project page identifies it as a URL shortening service.checked 13 Oct 2026
- Implementation
- The README says Lstu is written in Perl and uses the Mojolicious framework.checked 12 Oct 2026
- License
- The Lstu service page says the software is licensed under WTFPL.checked 13 Oct 2026
- Maintainer
- The Lstu service page credits Luc Didry.checked 13 Oct 2026
- Official instance
- The project README identifies lstu.fr as an instance where Lstu can be tried and used.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Open source license
- The project README says Lstu is licensed under the WTFPL.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Per-link statistics
- A per-link statistics endpoint provides visit count and creation-date details.checked 13 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Lstu is a URL shortening service; its name means “Let’s Shorten That Url.”checked 13 Oct 2026
- Redirect behavior
- A shortened URL can redirect to its target, and a JSON endpoint can return the target URL.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Redirects
- A shortened URL redirects to its target, and a .json variant returns the target URL in JSON.checked 13 Oct 2026
- Self-hosting
- The README links to installation instructions and Docker usage for deploying Lstu.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Short-code capacity
- The README states there are 8,361,453,672 available code combinations by default, and the configured length can be changed.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Statistics
- The statistics endpoint reports shortened URLs and their unique visit counts; administrators can view all URLs, sorted by most visited, in pages of 10.checked 13 Oct 2026
The company
- Founded
- 2014checked 28 Sep 2026
- Maker
- The official instance credits Luc Didry.checked 12 Oct 2026
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