How to Install Schort from schort">https://github.com/sqozz/schort on Windows 11

Schort is an open-source URL shortener developed by sqozz. To install it on Windows 11, follow these steps:

1. Open the Command Prompt by pressing the Windows key + R and typing "cmd" in the Run box.
2. Navigate to the directory where you want to install schort by using the cd command. For example, if you want to install it in the Downloads folder, type:

   cd Downloads
   

3. Clone the schort repository from GitHub by typing the following command:

   git clone https://github.com/sqozz/schort.git
   

4. Once the repository is cloned, navigate inside the schort directory that was created by the previous command using the cd command:

   cd schort
   

5. Install the required packages by running the following command:

   pip install -r requirements.txt
   

6. Create a new file named config.py in the same directory, and copy the contents of config.sample.py into it:

   copy config.sample.py config.py
   

7. Open the config.py file in a text editor and modify the values according to your needs. You can set the DATABASE_URI to any database URL that you want to use for storing the short URLs. If you leave it as it is, it will use an SQLite database.
8. Once you have made the necessary changes, run the following command to create the database:

   flask db upgrade
   

9. Finally, start the web server by running the following command:

   flask run
   

10. Open a web browser and navigate to http://localhost:5000/ to see the schort homepage.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed schort on your Windows 11 machine. You can now use it to create short URLs and manage them from the web interface.

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