# Git.io no longer accepts new URLs

DevFeed: [Git.io no longer accepts new URLs](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/git-io-no-longer-accepts-new-urls-74204.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://github.blog/changelog/2022-01-11-git-io-no-longer-accepts-new-urls>)

Author: Sidi Merzouk

Published: 2022-01-11T22:35:45Z

Content type: news

Language: en

Sources: [GitHub Changelog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/github-changelog.md>)

Topics: [GitHub](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/github.md>), [hosting](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/hosting.md>)

Tags: [developer-tools](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/developer-tools.md>), [github](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/github.md>), [urls](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/urls.md>)

## AI overview

GitHub has stopped accepting new URLs on its git.io shortening service, citing increasing malicious use and limited adoption. Existing shortened URLs remain accessible, and GitHub says it plans to deprecate the tool in the future.

## Source excerpt

Git.io is a URL shortening website that GitHub created in 2011 for redirecting to GitHub domains like github.com and github.io. What began as an experiment was only lightly documented and...