Pixly - URL Shortener & Analytics

Pixly is a modern URL Shortener Application that helps you shorten long links into simple, shareable URLs while also offering a detailed analytics dashboard.
It ensures a secure experience with JWT authentication, a clean UI built in React, and robust backend services powered by Spring Boot.

✨ Features

🔗 URL Shortening – Create short, clean, and shareable links from long URLs.
📊 Analytics Dashboard – View:
- Daily click tracking per URL
- Total clicks across all links in a graph
📋 Copy & Share – One-click copying and sharing of shortened links.
🔐 Secure Auth – JWT-based authentication with Spring Security.
📱 Responsive UI – Optimized for both mobile and desktop screens.

🖥️ Tech Stack

Frontend

⚛️ React – Component-based UI framework.
🎨 Tailwind CSS – Utility-first CSS framework for responsive designs.
📑 Libraries Used
- react-hook-form – Easy and flexible form handling.
- react-loader-spinner – Pre-built animated loaders for smooth UX.
- react-hot-toast – Elegant toast notifications for user feedback.
- react-router-dom – Navigation and routing for React apps.
- axios – Promise-based HTTP client for API calls.
- chart.js – Interactive and responsive graphs/charts.
- react-icons – Popular icon library for React projects.
- react-copy-to-clipboard – Quick copy-to-clipboard functionality.
- Material UI – Pre-styled React components for faster UI development.

Backend

☕ Spring Boot – Backend framework for building robust Java applications.
🛡️ Spring Security (JWT) – Ensures secure login/signup using tokens.
🗄️ Hibernate JPA – Simplified ORM for database operations.
📝 Lombok – Reduces boilerplate code in Java (getters/setters, constructors).
🐬 MySQL/Postgres Drivers – Database connectivity for different environments.

Database & Deployment

🟣 PostgreSQL (Neon Database) – Cloud-based scalable database.
🐳 Docker – Containerized backend for smooth deployment.
☁️ Render Cloud – Hosting backend services.
🌐 Netlify – Frontend hosting with custom domain support.

👨‍💻 Developer Social Links

💼 LinkedIn: vaishnavgupta
🐙 GitHub: vaishnavgupta
📧 Email: vaishnav23oct@gmail.com