<h2>Overview:</h2>
<p>Pygmy or pygy.co is an open-source, extensible, and easy-to-use URL shortener designed for easy hosting and custom integration. It consists of three major parts - core URL shortening code, a REST API using Flask framework, and a UI layer using Django framework.</p>
<h2>Features:</h2>
<ul>
<li><strong>URL Shortener:</strong> Allows shortening of URLs.</li>
<li><strong>Customized Short URL's:</strong> Users can create custom short URLs like pygy.co/pygmy.</li>
<li><strong>Auto Expiry URLs:</strong> Support for creating URLs that expire after a certain time.</li>
<li><strong>Secret Key Protection:</strong> Ability to protect URLs with secret keys.</li>
<li><strong>User Login/Sign Up:</strong> Users can track shortened URLs and view link stats by logging in.</li>
<li><strong>User Dashboard:</strong> Provides a dashboard for users to manage their shortened URLs.</li>
<li><strong>Link Analytics:</strong> Users can view link statistics by adding a '+' to the tiny URL.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Setup Docker:</h3>
<ul>
<li>Pull the image: <code>docker pull amit19/pygmy</code></li>
<li>Run the container: <code>docker run -it -p 8000:8000 amit19/pygmy</code></li>
<li>Open http://localhost:8000 in your browser.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Manual (from source):</h3>
<ol>
<li>Clone the repository: <code>git clone https://github.com/amitt001/pygmy.git &#x26; cd pygmy</code></li>
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