This tool is written in Go (ironically) and can be easily installed and started with the following commands.

GOPATH=`pwd` go install github.com/kellegous/go
bin/go

By default, the service will put all of its data in the directory data and will listen to requests on the port 8067. Both of these, however, are easily configured using the --data=/path/to/data and --addr=:80 command line flags.

To get the most benefit from the service, you should setup a DNS entry on your local network, go.corp.mycompany.com. Make sure that corp.mycompany.com is in the search domains for each user on the network. This is usually easily accomplished by configuring your DHCP server. Now, simply typing "go" into your browser should take you to the service, where you can register shortcuts. Obviously, those shortcuts will also be available by typing "go/shortcut".

Once you have it all setup, using it is pretty straight-forward.

Type go/edit/my-shortcut and enter the URL.

Type go/my-shortcut and you'll be redirected to the URL.

Type go and enter the URL.