• Next.js
• Tailwind CSS
• Shadcn UI
• Lucide Icons
• Drizzle ORM
• Turso
• SQLite
• BetterAuth

• Create short links (KURZ)
• Share links with your friends
• Expire links after a certain time
• Create texts and share them with your friends
• Syntax highlighting

• Node.js 22+
• A Turso account

1. Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/derlesh/kurz.git

2. Install dependencies

npm install

3. Create a .env file and set the environment variables

BETTER_AUTH_SECRET= # Can be generated with `npx better-auth@latest secret`
BETTER_AUTH_URL=

TURSO_DATABASE_URL=
TURSO_AUTH_TOKEN=

GH_CLIENT_ID=
GH_CLIENT_SECRET=

NEXT_PUBLIC_APP_URL=

4. Generate the database schema

npm run db:push

5. Run the development server

npm run dev

I've planned to do something like this for a while now. I've wanted a better way to share texts with friends. After I've found slug I had the motivation to start this project. The project now has an URL shortening feature which I didn't have in mind when I started.

So thank you slug for the inspiration!