Tool

Short links

The shortener behind tesseract.page. Creating links is private, but the stats can be public — and every link has a QR code.

Links live on the same domain as the site rather than a separate short one:tesseract.page is already short enough that a second domain would only add a renewal bill.

Public stats

Add + to the end of any short link to see where its clicks came from, the same way bit.ly does:

tesseract.page/abc     → the destination
tesseract.page/abc+    → the stats page

Stats are opt-in per link. Nothing is stored beyond country, referring host and a coarse device type — no IP addresses, no user agents.

QR codes

Every link has an SVG QR code, generated on demand. The endpoint is public, so you can use it for anything: try the generator.

GET /api/qr?data=https://example.com&size=8&fg=%23000000

Expiring links

Links can carry an expiry date. Once it passes, the redirect stops working and visitors see a short "this expired" page rather than a dead end.