xseano / Linkify

An intuitive and comprehensive link shortener service made with Laravel

Linkify is an intuitive and comprehensive link shortener service made with Laravel 5.6 and PHP 7.1

Features

• User account management
• Link usage, tracking, and analytics
• More soon!

Installation

Requisites

• PHP 7.x+
• MySQL
• Laravel 5.6+
• Composer
• Homebrew

Install PHP 7.1 with Homebrew

$ brew update
$ brew install php71

Install Composer with Homebrew

$ brew update
$ brew install composer
$ composer -V

NOTE: You must have MySQL running at this point.

• MAMP (Recommended)
• XAMPP

Install source and start server

$ git clone https://github.com/xseano/Linkify.git
$ cd Linkify
$ composer install
$ php artisan serve

Database Setup

• Make sure you have an empty database ready to be formatted
• Ensure all database credentials and information are correct in the .env file

$ php artisan migrate

License

See MIT