escope
status: ONGOINGinception: February 2026
language: TypeScript
escope (Ephemeral Scoped Control of Persistent Endpoints) is a Cloudflare Worker for creating ephemeral self-destructing redirects ("scopes").
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 it for, but the use-case for ephemeral short URLs is near to limitless. You could use it for anything!
escope.cli
status: ACTIVEinception: June 2026
language: C
escope.cli is the command line client for creating scopes even more quickly. More info...