• Melon does not rely on a database, instead it uses gists to store data.
• Fast and lightweight
  • < 500 sloc
  • average > 90 lighthouse performance score
• Collects no data

Create a .env file in the root directory with the following contents:

export GITHUB_TOKEN="<github token>"  # Github personal access token, used to read/write gists
export GIST_ID="<gist id>"            # Gist id, used to store data
export DOMAIN="<domain>"              # Domain to use for short links
export VERIFICATION="<token>"         # Used to create and delete links

Then, just run deno task start.

I am currently hosting melon on Deno Deploy since it is the recommended way to deploy a fresh project.