Paste a long URL, get a short one that lasts forever. Every link gets real click statistics — not estimates, not samples. No signup, no ads, no tracking pixels, no "your link expires in 30 days". Runs on Cloudflare Workers, resolves from the edge nearest your reader.
| short-mint | typical shorteners | |
|---|---|---|
| Account | never | often required for stats |
| Link expiry | permanent | 7–30 day trials common |
| Click stats | yes, real (atomic counter) | paid tier only |
| Custom domain / API | REST API free | API keys, quotas |
| Ads / trackers on redirect | none (clean 302) | interstitials everywhere |
| Price | $0 | $–$$ |
| Do I need an account? | No. Paste, shorten, done. 30 links/minute per IP, free. |
|---|---|
| Do links expire? | No. They're stored in Cloudflare KV with no TTL and no admin. They live until the worker does (we won't let that happen without notice). |
| How do click stats work? | Each short link has a Durable Object that increments an atomic counter on every redirect. No sampling, no JavaScript, works for any visitor. |
| Is there an API? | Yes — POST /api/shorten and GET /api/stats/{code}. Full CORS, JSON, no key. |
| Is this a Bitly alternative? | For free, no-account, no-ads use cases: yes. No UTM rewriting, no branded pages, no upsells — it's a shortener and nothing else. |