FAQ - Tools

Quick Info

Gkurl.us is a Social URL Shortener that offers shortening, stats and an API.

We also have a Popular Links, Videos, and Pictures section.

Popular links are based on submissions. For example, you can submit a link:

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=33.420%C2%B0N,+116.489%C2%B0W&ie=UTF8&ll=33.214563,-116.30127&spn=0.923734,1.783905&t=h&z=10&iwloc=near

And it will generate a 'short' link.

http://gkurl.us/wpl

This makes it much easier to send in a message to someone else, whether it be on Facebook, Twitter, or Instant Message. The links then appear in the Popular section, to be viewed by others.

Features

Auto-generated or custom URL keyword

Share easily with links to Twitter or Facebook

Login with Facebook or Twitter

Handy bookmarklet for shortening

Snappy interface

Developer API Endpoint

Support for mobile browsers and third-party apps

And much much more!

Open Source

gkurl.us is based on Drupal, an open source CMS

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**Looking to make a simple URL Shortener? gkurl.us used to be based on YOURLS, which has since added a ton of features!