Sink
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The facts
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What it does
- Access control
- Cloudflare Access is optional and can require an Access login for the dashboard; short links remain public.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Access controls
- Optional Cloudflare Access can protect dashboard and API access, and Sink verifies Access JWTs.checked 12 Oct 2026
- AI features
- Optional Workers AI can suggest short codes and titles.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Analytics
- The dashboard provides reports, logs, filters, and a near-real-time view.checked 12 Oct 2026
- API
- Each instance publishes authenticated REST API documentation and an OpenAPI document.checked 12 Oct 2026
- API access
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Audience
- The project focuses on individuals and small teams who want a self-hosted shortener on Cloudflare.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Bulk link creation
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Custom domains
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Deployment
- Sink can be deployed to Cloudflare Workers or Cloudflare Pages; the documentation recommends Workers and marks Pages deprecated.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Geo targeting
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Import and export
- Sink supports transferring links via JSON and exporting access analytics as CSV.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The integrations page lists AI Skills, browser extensions, Raycast, Apple Shortcuts, and an iOS app, and says third-party integrations may be maintained independently.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Link management
- Links can have expiration dates, passwords, warning pages, tags, and routing by device or country.checked 12 Oct 2026
- MCP
- Sink provides an MCP endpoint at POST /api/mcp that authenticates with the same bearer token as the REST API.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Notable limit
- A link can have up to 10 tags, each 1–32 characters long.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Product
- Sink is a self-hosted short-link app with visit analytics that runs on Cloudflare without a VPS.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Sink is a self-hosted short-link app with visit analytics that runs on Cloudflare.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Required services
- D1 and KV are required; Analytics Engine is recommended, while R2 and Workers AI are optional.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Security
- Dashboard passwords are stored as PBKDF2 hashes, with a documented exception for some legacy links migrated from KV.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Security limits
- Short links remain public when Cloudflare Access is enabled, and API documentation remains public unless separately protected.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Social previews
- Links can use custom titles, descriptions, and images for social previews; image uploads require R2 and have a 5 MB maximum.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Who it is for
- The project describes itself as a self-hosted short-link app for people who want visit analytics.checked 12 Oct 2026
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