A clean, simple link shortener that runs right on its own landing page. Paste a long link and get a short one to share anywhere. Pick your own alias if you like, watch the clicks add up, and grab a QR code ready for print. It ships with sign-in, a database, and a polished landing page, all running on Yard.

Features

One-step shortening: paste a link, press Shorten, and copy the short link with a single click
Custom aliases: choose a memorable code like s/launch, or let Hop generate one. Aliases aren't case-sensitive, and a taken alias gets a clear message
Click counts: every visit is counted, and counts refresh when you come back to the tab
QR codes: every link gets a QR code, shown next to the new link and downloadable as a PNG for print
Your links: every link you've made in one list, newest first, with copy, QR code, and delete. Deleting takes a second click to confirm
Sign in when you need to: a visitor can paste a link before signing in. Once they sign in, the link is created and waiting when they return
Readable codes: generated codes skip l, o, 0, and 1, so they survive being read aloud or typed by hand
Light and dark themes: follows the system setting
Phone ready: the layout adapts to small screens, and the code at the end of a short link always stays visible
Private links: anyone can follow a short link, but each user only ever sees and manages their own

Built on Yard

Yard Auth: visitors sign in with their Yard account. Hop never handles a password, and after the first consent screen, sign-in is silent
Landing page: the shortener runs on the project's custom landing page, so there's no separate app to open
Hosted service: the entire backend is a single fetch handler that serves the redirects and the links API, with no server to run or scale
Database: every link lives in the project's own SQLite database, and schema migrations apply themselves on deploy
Pricing: a single free tier, so signing in is the only gate. To start charging, add a paid tier and require it for creating links; the README shows where

Technical details

Plain HTML, CSS, and JavaScript: no framework, no build step, and no dependencies beyond one bundled QR encoder (qrcode-generator by Kazuhiko Arase, MIT)
Following a link is a single database statement that both counts the click and finds the destination
Only http and https destinations are accepted, so a short link can never point at javascript: or data:
The API only accepts JSON, so a form on another site can't create links on a user's behalf
Ownership comes from Yard's trusted sign-in header, never from the request itself, and every list and delete is scoped to it
Relative URLs throughout, so the same bundle works on a yard.sh subdomain, inside a sandbox, or on a custom domain
Limits such as 500 links per user sit as constants at the top of the service, ready to tune
Geist and Geist Mono typefaces, loaded from Google Fonts

Requirements

A Pro plan, for the hosted service, database, and custom landing page. Yard Auth is included.

Long links,short hops.

Custom aliases

Click counts

QR codes

Long links,
short hops.