escope

escope (Ephemeral Scoped Control of Persistent Endpoints) is a Cloudflare Worker for creating ephemeral self-destructing redirects ("scopes"). Think of it as Bit.ly or TinyURL, but... ephemeral. Very ephemeral.

features

• Scopes can last from one minute to 3 days
• Scopes can be retracted prematurely if you own them
• Fast (its a cloudflare worker)
• A strict and sophisticated rate limiting system
• No sign up required
• Private

why?

I found it quite difficult and frustrating to install software by the exact file URL on freshly minted VMs. I had to open up the hell-sent Microsoft Edge if it was Windows, or install a browser if it was Linux. Enter escope: you track down the EXACT url path for a file, like:
https://github.com/Vencord/Vesktop/releases/download/v1.6.5/Vesktop-1.6.5-arm64.whatever on your host machine,
punch that into escope, expiring in 5 minutes, and type the shortened link into curl. BAM. File downloaded successfully, hassle-free.

That's what I personally use & made it for, but the use-case for ephemeral short URLs is near to limitless. You could use it for anything - and you have my blessing to do so! Just... keep it civil.

escope.cli

escope.cli is the command line client for creating scopes even more quickly. More info...