This repository provides a list of all known link shorteners (also known as URL shorteners). This can help you block or filter link shorteners from your service. We are promoting responsible link shortening practices and trying to prevent spam. Built by Maya from y.gy.
Latest Version: 1.10.0 released on 2024-Mar-8
Link-shorteners is available as a Python and Javascript package:
Additional documentation (for installation, etc.) is available in the Python README or Javascript README .
The link-shorteners package is open source, allowing developers (you!) to contribute and keep our list of link shorteners up-to-date.
We welcome contributions from the community to enhance and expand the list of link shorteners. Feel free to submit issues or pull requests to add more link shorteners, ensuring that the package remains up-to-date and comprehensive.
IMPORTANT: When updating a list of shorteners, make sure to update the
.txtfile in both the npm package and pypi package to ensure consistency.
Our motivation for building and maintaining this repository stems from our experience building y.gy, a link shortening platform. Facing challenges such as spam via other link-shortening platforms, we created this list to empower developers to efficiently block unwanted/spam links in destination URLs. By utilizing this package, you can enhance the security and integrity of your platform, making it a safer space for users.
We do not include in this list a handful of link shorteners that are trusted to always lead to legitimate corporate pages:
- a.co (Amazon)
- g.co (Google)
If you represent a major trusted website that uses a shortener only for internal links, let us know and we'll put it on this list.