Rdt Li
rdt.li is a self-hostable, feature-rich, minimalistic URL shortener built with Next.js 16, Auth.js (NextAuth), Drizzle ORM, and serverless Postgres on Neon, providing comprehensive analytics and modern UX without page reloads.
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About rdt.li
This sleek platform offers all-time, daily, and unique view analytics with bar charts visualizing the last 7 days of traffic, editable URL titles and destinations for flexible link management, filtering and search capabilities for large link collections, and light/dark mode themes for user preference. Built on the "Onset" Next.js starter, the application is designed for easy customization by both beginners and experts while maintaining production-ready quality and performance. Perfect for marketing teams tracking campaign link performance, developers needing custom short URLs for projects, businesses wanting link analytics without third-party service dependencies, or content creators managing numerous links across platforms where analytics inform content strategy.
Deployed on Vercel with Neon's serverless PostgreSQL, the architecture scales automatically with traffic while minimizing costs during quiet periods. The no-page-reload experience provides instant feedback on user actions, creating a native-app-like experience in the browser. As an open-source project under MIT license, rdt.li enables complete control over link data and analytics, addressing privacy concerns and vendor lock-in issues inherent in commercial URL shortening services.
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Free, open source, and ready to ship.
Clone the repo, install dependencies, and start customising. rdt.li is free and open source: its license is in the repository.
- Clone the rdt.li repository from GitHub.
- Run
npm installorpnpm installto install all required packages. - Run
npm run devto start the development server and begin customizing. - Check the repository’s README and license before you ship.
Terminal
$ git clone https://github.com/nrjdalal/rdt-li $ cd rdt-li $ npm install $ npm run dev
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Everything you need to know before you ship with rdt.li.
rdt.li is a self-hostable, feature-rich, minimalistic URL shortener built with Next.js 16, Auth.js (NextAuth), Drizzle ORM, and serverless Postgres on Neon, providing comprehensive analytics and modern UX without page reloads. It is an open source template in the shadcn.io collection of 215.
rdt.li is made by Nrjdalal, an independent developer; shadcn.io lists it but did not make it. Nrjdalal has 1 template in the collection, and the author's page lists them.
The listing tags rdt.li with Next.js, React, Tailwind, Drizzle ORM and Full-stack. Those are its categories, not a dependency list: the exact packages and versions are in the repository's package.json.
Yes. The rdt.li page embeds its live demo from rdt.li/site, and links to it so you can open the real deployment before you clone.
The rdt.li listing was last updated on October 8, 2025. That date is the listing's, not the repository's: check the repository's commits for recent activity.
Clone the repository (git clone https://github.com/nrjdalal/rdt-li), then follow the README. The rdt.li page shows the usual steps and a terminal block with the commands to copy.
Install dependencies with npm install or pnpm install, then run npm run dev. The README in the rdt.li repository says which package manager and environment variables it needs.
No. rdt.li is cloned from its own GitHub repository, so shadcn.io isn't involved. Browsing the page and its live demo need no account either; Pro adds the premium templates, the blocks and the MCP server.
rdt.li is tagged Next.js, so it deploys wherever a Next.js app does, such as Vercel, a Node.js server or a container. Its README may add steps for its own services.
The rdt.li listing doesn't record a license. Check the LICENSE file in its repository (https://github.com/nrjdalal/rdt-li), and ask the author if there isn't one.
That depends on rdt.li's license in its repository, which shadcn.io does not set. Read the LICENSE file before you use it in a client or paid project, and ask the author if it is unclear.
Attribution follows rdt.li's license. Many permissive licenses ask you to keep the copyright notice and license text in your copy; its LICENSE file says exactly what.
No. The Pro license covers shadcn.io's own Pro code, blocks and premium templates. rdt.li is the author's project, under the terms in its repository.
Nrjdalal supports rdt.li, through its GitHub repository: read the docs, open an issue or look for discussions. shadcn.io does not maintain it.
Yes. Once you clone it, rdt.li is your own code: change the theme, add pages and connect your backend. It uses shadcn/ui, so you can also add more components the same way.
Yes. Components are free with a free account and the blocks are in Pro; both are copied into your project with the shadcn CLI. Check that rdt.li uses Tailwind CSS and the shadcn/ui setup (a components.json) before you add them, and pick the base library your project already uses.
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