🚀 Key Features

Core Functionality

• High-Performance Routing: Async/await architecture for maximum throughput
• Intelligent Redirection: Conditional routing based on user characteristics
• Analytics & Tracking: Comprehensive hit tracking and user behavior analysis
• Multi-Database Support: MongoDB and DynamoDB integration
• Advanced Caching: Multi-level caching with TTL and invalidation
• TLS Support: Custom certificate management for HTTPS

Advanced Routing

• Conditional Routing: Route users based on device, location, time, and custom expressions
• Multiple Routing Policies: Basic, conditional, challenge-based, file serving, and mirroring
• A/B Testing: Built-in support for traffic splitting

Analytics & Monitoring

• Hit Tracking: Every click is logged with detailed metadata
• Real-time Analytics: Kafka and Fluvio integration
• Geographic Analytics: Country and region-based insights
• Device Analytics: Browser, OS, and device tracking
• Debug Mode: Conditional debug information for development

🛠️ Technology Stack

Core Technologies

• Rust: Systems programming language for performance and safety
• Salvo: Modern web framework for Rust
• Tokio: Async runtime for Rust

Databases

• MongoDB: Primary document database
• ClickHouse: Analytics and OLAP database
• Redis: Caching and session storage
• DynamoDB: AWS NoSQL database (alternative)

Message Streaming

• Apache Kafka: Distributed streaming platform
• Fluvio: Modern streaming platform

Infrastructure

• Docker: Containerization
• Kubernetes: Container orchestration
• Terraform: Infrastructure as code
• AWS: Cloud services

📊 Performance Characteristics

• Click Router: 10,000+ requests/second
• Click Tracker: 50,000+ events/second
• Click Aggregator: 100,000+ records/second
• APIs: 5,000+ requests/second
• Latency: Sub-millisecond response times
• Memory: Efficient memory usage with caching

🔒 Security Features

• Input Validation: Comprehensive URL and parameter validation
• Rate Limiting: Built-in abuse protection
• Secure Headers: Proper HTTP security headers
• TLS Termination: Custom certificate management
• Authentication: JWT and OAuth integration
• Authorization: Role-based access control

🌍 Use Cases

Enterprise URL Shortening

• Corporate link management
• Marketing campaign tracking
• Internal tool integration

Analytics & Insights

• Click-through rate analysis
• Geographic performance metrics
• Device and browser analytics
• User behavior tracking

Multi-tenant SaaS

• Workspace isolation
• User management
• Custom branding
• API access control

🤝 Contributing

We welcome contributions from the community! Please see our Contributing Guide for details on how to get involved.

Ways to Contribute

• Code: Bug fixes, new features, performance improvements
• Documentation: Improve guides, add examples, fix typos
• Testing: Write tests, report bugs, improve test coverage
• Community: Help others, answer questions, share knowledge

📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

🔗 Links

• GitHub Repository: https://github.com/FlyingCow/shortas
• Issue Tracker: https://github.com/FlyingCow/shortas/issues
• Documentation: https://docs.shortas.com

🆘 Support

For support and questions:

• Documentation: Check our comprehensive documentation
• Issues: Report bugs and feature requests via GitHub Issues
• Security: Report security issues privately to security@shortas.com
• Community: Join our community discussions

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