linkotron

CLI to format links in a shorter format.

Installation

From PyPI

python3 -m pip install --upgrade linkotron

With pipx

pipx install linkotron

From source

git clone https://github.com/hugovk/linkotron
cd linkotron
python3 -m pip install .

Usage

Run linkotron or linky, they do the same thing.

$ linky --help
usage: linky [-h] [-V] [--no-copy] [-m | -r | -t] input

linkotron: CLI to format links in a shorter format.

positional arguments:
  input                 text containing links to shorten

options:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -V, --version         show program's version number and exit
  --no-copy             do not copy output to clipboard

formatters:
  -m, --md, --markdown  output in Markdown
  -r, --rst, --restructuredtext
                        output in reStructuredText
  -t, --term, --terminal
                        output in OSC 8 for terminal

Linkify a URL

$ linky https://hugovk.dev/blog/2026/faster-pillow/
Copied! hugovk.dev/blog/2026/faster-pillow/

Linkify a repo

$ linky https://github.com/python/peps
Copied! python/peps

Linkify an issue

$ linky https://github.com/python/peps/issues/1012
Copied! python/peps#1012

Linkify a pull request

$ linky https://github.com/python/peps/pull/2399
Copied! python/peps#2399

Linkify a commit

$ linky https://github.com/hugovk/cpython/commit/28b23555030d58fdb52b74a547cc621c49690de0
Copied! hugovk/cpython#28b2355

Linkify a comment

$ linky https://github.com/python/peps/pull/2399#issuecomment-1063409480
Copied! python/peps#2399 (comment)

Linkify a GitHub security advisory

$ linky https://github.com/python/cpython/security/advisories/GHSA-SGVs-bG9I-dWdv
Copied! python/cpython#GHSA-SGVs-bG9I-dWdv

$ linky https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2mp6-9mjc-p6jg
Copied! GHSA-2mp6-9mjc-p6jg

Formatting

Markdown

$ linky --md https://hugovk.dev/blog/2026/faster-pillow/
Copied! [hugovk.dev/blog/2026/faster-pillow/](https://hugovk.dev/blog/2026/faster-pillow/)

$ linky --md https://github.com/python/peps/pull/2399
Copied! [python/peps#2399](https://github.com/python/peps/pull/2399)

reStructuredText

$ linky --rst https://hugovk.dev/blog/2026/faster-pillow/
Copied! `hugovk.dev/blog/2026/faster-pillow/ <https://hugovk.dev/blog/2026/faster-pillow/>`__

$ linky --rst https://github.com/python/peps/pull/2399
Copied! `python/peps#2399 <https://github.com/python/peps/pull/2399>`__

OSC 8 for terminal emulators

$ linky --terminal
Copied! \033]8;;https://hugovk.dev/blog/2026/faster-pillow/\033\\hugovk.dev/blog/2026/faster-pillow/\033]8;;\033\\

$ linky --terminal https://github.com/python/peps/pull/2399
Copied! \033]8;;https://github.com/python/peps/pull/2399\033\\python/peps#2399\033]8;;\033\\