Link Click Dashboard
Short links you own, with a chart of who clicked what and when.
IntermediateWeb appDashboard12–24hAI-buildable 5/5no setupworth shipping
A link shortener with an analytics dashboard: clicks over time, referrers, and rough geography. It's a compact full-stack project where the redirect path has to stay fast while still recording every click.
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Core features · 7
- Create a short link with an optional custom slug
- Redirects resolve fast and record the click
- A dashboard charts clicks over time per link
- Referrer breakdown per link
- Rough geographic breakdown
- Links can be disabled or given an expiry
- Slug collisions are handled on creation
The interesting part
- Recording a click without delaying the redirect
- Distinguishing bot traffic from real visits
- Generating short slugs that avoid collisions and confusable characters
Once it works
- Add UTM parameter building and parsing
- Add QR codes per link
- Add bot filtering so counts reflect people
Suggested stack
reacttypescripttailwindrechartssupabase