cdzombak/unshorten repository overview

⁠unshorten

A simple, verbose URL unshortener.

⁠Usage

unshorten [OPTIONS] URL

⁠Options

• -max-redirects: Maximum number of redirects to follow. (default 10)
• -quiet: Run quietly; only display the final URL.
• -version: Print version and exit.

⁠Installation

⁠macOS via Homebrew

brew install cdzombak/oss/unshorten

⁠Debian via apt repository

Install my Debian repository if you haven't already:

sudo apt-get install ca-certificates curl gnupg
sudo install -m 0755 -d /etc/apt/keyrings
curl -fsSL https://dist.cdzombak.net/deb.key | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /etc/apt/keyrings/dist-cdzombak-net.gpg
sudo chmod 0644 /etc/apt/keyrings/dist-cdzombak-net.gpg
echo -e "deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/dist-cdzombak-net.gpg] https://dist.cdzombak.net/deb/oss any oss\n" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/dist-cdzombak-net.list > /dev/null
sudo apt-get update

Then install unshorten via apt-get:

sudo apt-get install unshorten

⁠Manual installation from build artifacts

Pre-built binaries for Linux and macOS on various architectures are downloadable from each GitHub Release⁠. Debian packages for each release are available as well.

⁠Build and install locally

git clone https://github.com/cdzombak/unshorten.git
cd unshorten
make build

cp out/unshorten $INSTALL_DIR

⁠Docker Images

Docker images are available for a variety of Linux architectures from Docker Hub⁠ and GHCR⁠. Images are based on the scratch image and are as small as possible.

Run them via, for example:

docker run --rm cdzombak/unshorten:1 https://dzdz.cz
docker run --rm ghcr.io/cdzombak/unshorten:1 https://dzdz.cz

⁠About

• Issues: [github.com/cdzombak/unshorten/issues]https://github.com/cdzombak/unshorten/issues⁠
• Author: Chris Dzombak⁠
  • GitHub: @cdzombak⁠

⁠License

MIT; see LICENSE in this repository.