polr/README.md

# [![Logo](http://i.imgur.com/aOtrJNz.png)](https://polrproject.org)

:aerial_tramway: A modern, minimalist, and lightweight URL shortener.

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Polr is an intrepid, self-hostable open-source link shortening web application with a robust API. It allows you to host your own URL shortener, to brand your URLs, and to gain control over your data. Polr is especially easy to use, and provides a modern, themable feel.

[Getting Started](http://docs.polrproject.org/en/latest/user-guide/installation/) - [API Documentation](http://docs.polrproject.org/en/latest/developer-guide/api/) - [Contributing](https://github.com/cydrobolt/polr/blob/master/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md) - [Bugs](https://github.com/cydrobolt/polr/issues) - [IRC](http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=#polr)

### Quickstart

Polr is written in PHP and Lumen, using MySQL as its primary database.

 - To get started with Polr on your server, check out the [installation guide](http://docs.polrproject.org/en/latest/user-guide/installation/). You can clone this repository, or download a [release](https://github.com/cydrobolt/polr/releases). 
 - To get started with the Polr API, check out the [API guide](http://docs.polrproject.org/en/latest/developer-guide/api/).


Installation TL;DR: clone or download this repository, set document root to `public/`, create MySQL database, go to `yoursite.com/setup` and follow instructions.

### Demo

To test out the demo, head to [demo.polr.me](http://demo.polr.me) and use the following credentials:

- Username: `demo-admin`
- Password: `demo-admin`

### Upgrading Polr
*Upgrading from 1.x:*

There are breaking changes between 2.x and 1.x; it is not yet possible to automatically upgrade to 2.x.

*Upgrading from 2.x:*
 - Back up your database and files
 - Update by using `git pull` or downloading a release
 - Run `composer install --no-dev -o` to ensure dependencies are up to date
 - Migrate with `php artisan migrate` to ensure database structure is up to date

#### Browser Extensions

* Safari - [Polr.safariextension](https://github.com/cleverdevil/Polr.safariextension)

#### Sponsors
We would like to thank Oregon State University's Open Source Lab for providing resources for our infrastructure. The Polr website and demo are hosted on their infrastructure.

<a href="//osuosl.org"><img height="100em" src="http://i.imgur.com/1VtLxyX.png" /></a>

#### Versioning

Polr uses [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/)


#### License


    Copyright (C) 2013-2017 Chaoyi Zha

    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
    modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
    as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
    of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
    GNU General Public License for more details.

    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
    along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
    Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.