Sayantan Santra

Sayantan Santra

Pro math guy, hobbyist programmer.

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Maker History

  • Chhoto URL
    Chhoto URLBlazingly fast, selfhosted URL shortener; written in Rust.
    Jul 2026
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    Joined Product HuntJuly 7th, 2026

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22h ago

Chhoto URL - Blazingly fast, selfhosted URL shortener; written in Rust.

It's a simple, selfhosted URL shortener with no unnecessary features. Simplicity and speed are the main foci of this project. The scratch docker image is <4.5 MB (compressed), the alpine one is <8.5 MB (compressed), and it uses <10 MB of RAM under regular use. Most URL shorteners are either bloated with unnecessary features, or are a pain to set up. Even fewer are written with simplicity and lightness in mind. So, I decided to fix that.
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