Changelog
Every feature, fix, and improvement we ship. We release updates weekly.
v5.1August 3, 2026
NewQR codes grew up. The builder in your dashboard now makes seven kinds of code, not just links: Link, Text and WiFi are free on every plan, and Pro adds V-card contact cards that save straight to the phone, plus pre-filled E-mail, one-tap Call, and SMS codes. A centre logo, PNG export, size and quiet-zone controls stay free for everyone; Pro also covers your exact brand colours and SVG export for print. WiFi codes are free on purpose: a guest scans once and joins your network without typing a password.
FixedLarge logos could produce a QR code that did not scan. The cap was measured against the image size including the quiet zone, so switching the quiet zone ON, which should make a code more reliable, silently made the logo bigger relative to the code. The limit is now measured against the code itself and adapts to how much data it carries, because a short link has less room to spare than a long URL. If you printed a code with a big logo on a short link, re-test it.
ImprovedThe colour picker was rebuilt: you can now read and type an exact hex, swap foreground and background in one tap, and you get a warning when two colours are too close for scanners to read. Every control now meets the 44px touch target, and dark mode is properly fixed across the app, so native controls like sliders, checkboxes and dropdowns finally follow your theme.
v5.0August 1, 2026
NewHelp Center, a new self-serve support hub at flyn.to/help with 10 illustrated step-by-step tutorials covering the most common jobs: creating your first link, downloading QR codes, password protection, custom domains, team invites, conversion tracking setup, plan changes, and troubleshooting clicks, disabled links, and expired free links. Every guide walks through real annotated screenshots of the dashboard, and search understands synonyms and typos, so "remove my card" still finds the billing article. Free for everyone, and linked from the in-app support form so you can find an instant answer before writing to us.
v4.9July 29, 2026
NewConversion tracking, see which links turn into signups and sales, not just clicks. Switch it on for any link and the redirect hands that visit an unguessable click id. Add one small Flyn tag to your own site, and the link starts reporting conversions, conversion rate against verified human clicks, and total value, right next to its click count. Pass an order value with the goal to see revenue per link. To record a refund, send a negative value under its own event name (event=refund) so it does not collide with the sale it reverses, and it subtracts from both the count and the total. Attribution runs on a 30-day window, though browser privacy rules on Safari and iOS can shorten what the browser stores to about 7 days. Server-to-server postbacks are supported for affiliate networks, where you cannot put a script on the checkout. No personal data is collected and no third-party cookies are set. Part of Pro.
v4.8July 19, 2026
NewVerified human clicks, every click on a Flyn link is screened against a bot and crawler filter (based on the visitor user agent) before it counts, so preview scanners, search crawlers, and other automated hits stay out of your totals. Your headline click count is the bot-excluded human number on every plan, free included, and so is the detail: the new Traffic Quality card shows the human vs bot split on every plan.
NewAI Assistants traffic channel, clicks that arrive from AI assistants like ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, and Gemini now get their own referrer channel in analytics, instead of hiding inside direct traffic, so you can see how much of your traffic comes from AI. Part of Pro advanced analytics.
v4.7July 17, 2026
NewClick limits with fallback, cap any link at a set number of clicks (perfect for "first 50 people" offers). Once the cap is reached, visitors are sent to a fallback URL you choose, or a "no longer available" page. Available on Pro and Lifetime.
ImprovedPer-link control over query-parameter forwarding, forwarding is on by default, but you can now switch it off for any link whose destination rejects extra parameters. Find it under Advanced when creating or editing a link.
v4.6July 17, 2026
NewQuery parameter passthrough, params you append to a short link (?utm_source=..., affiliate ids, promo codes) are now forwarded onto the destination URL, so your landing page analytics attribute every click correctly. Works on every plan, every link type (including cloaked, deep-linked, and password-protected links), on by default, free.
v4.5July 15, 2026
NewCreate many links, generate up to 50 unique short links for a single destination in one click. Each link tracks its own clicks and the whole batch is auto-grouped by a shared tag, so you can hand a different link to every placement, pin, or channel and see which ones perform. Copy all or export to CSV. Available on Pro and Lifetime.
v4.4June 30, 2026
NewRetargeting pixels, attach Meta, Google Ads, GA4, Google Tag Manager, LinkedIn, X, TikTok, Pinterest, Quora, Reddit, Snapchat, or AdRoll pixels to any short link. Everyone who clicks joins your remarketing audience, even on destination pages you do not own. Available on Pro and Lifetime.
NewTeam-shared pixels, any teammate can see and attach your workspace pixels, while only the creator can edit or delete one.
SecurityAutomatic link-safety re-scans, every short link is re-checked against Google Safe Browsing on a schedule, plus on create and edit, to protect your links and domain reputation.
ImprovedNew Retargeting Pixels documentation with a step-by-step setup guide for all 12 ad platforms, at /docs/retargeting-pixels.
v4.3June 22, 2026
NewClick milestones, get a celebration email when a link earns its first click and again at 10, 100, 1,000, and 10,000 clicks, with one-click opt-out in notification settings.
v4.2May 25, 2026
NewWorkspace sharing extended, folders and webhooks are now shared across your team workspace alongside custom domains, so the whole team works from one shared set.
v4.1May 16, 2026
NewNoFollow Link Checker and DoFollow Link Checker, two new free SEO tools that audit every rel="nofollow", "sponsored", "ugc", and dofollow link on any page, with color-coded results and CSV export.
New10 new platform link shorteners, Quora, SoundCloud, Tumblr, Vimeo, Behance, Buy Me a Coffee, Ko-fi, Gumroad, Product Hunt, and Bandcamp, bringing the set to 45 platform-specific shorteners.
NewSort your links, the Links dashboard now sorts by newest, oldest, most clicks, fewest clicks, or name (A-Z and Z-A).
ImprovedSmarter link search, multi-word search now matches every term anywhere in a link, including inside UTM parameters, so a search like "wix accessibility" finds the exact campaign link you mean even among hundreds of similar URLs.
ImprovedDestination URLs in the Links list now truncate in the middle, keeping both the domain and the UTM tail visible, with the full URL on hover, near-identical campaign links are finally easy to tell apart.
FixedPro and Lifetime members no longer see a brief flash of free-plan upgrade prompts while the dashboard finishes loading.
v4.0May 13, 2026
New5 new free SEO tools, Schema Markup Generator (JSON-LD for 11 schema types), Hreflang Tag Generator, .htaccess Redirect Generator, robots.txt Generator, and NGINX Redirect Generator.
ImprovedBlog v2, redesigned blog with a sticky table of contents, collapsible section navigation, and automatic related-tool and related-post links. Every existing post migrated to the new template.
ImprovedAccessibility and performance pass across every free tool, larger tap targets, lazy-loaded assets, hydration fixes, and a reliable copy-to-clipboard on all tools.
v3.9May 5, 2026
SecurityUnified entitlement enforcement across UI, client services, and REST API, Free users can no longer enable Pro-only features through stale forms, edit drawers, CSV import, bulk actions, or direct API payloads.
NewActive Sessions rebuilt on Supabase Auth session introspection, showing real login sessions with device, browser, IP, and sign-in method metadata.
ImprovedCloudflare-first geolocation normalization for click analytics, country and city now come from the same edge source with same-country fallback protection to prevent cross-country mismatches.
ImprovedPro lock plates added across link creation, link editing, analytics export, custom domains, routing, A/B testing, password protection, tags, cloaking, and bulk workflows.
FixedPremium feature create errors now return clear upgrade messaging instead of the generic "Failed to create link" fallback.
v3.8May 4, 2026
FixedResolved a folder double-creation race when users pressed Enter and clicked Add at nearly the same time.
FixedShipped a support-driven reliability pass across UI, API, plan gating, billing settings, sidebar states, code blocks, and mobile notification layout.
ImprovedAuto-refresh plan state when the browser tab regains focus, so billing and lifetime-plan changes appear without a manual reload.
ImprovedExpanded the blog engine with automatic related-tool links, related-post links, and conversion CTAs across every post.
v3.7May 1, 2026
NewMajor dashboard and analytics refresh with faster client-side navigation, cleaner link management surfaces, and tighter platform-shortener workflows.
ImprovedVercel build hardening for pricing and Pro-feature modals to keep production deploys deterministic.
ImprovedPlatform shortener pages now use the shared shortening experience, making 25 platform-specific landing pages functional instead of informational only.
v3.6April 29, 2026
NewSingle shared PlanBadge system for Pro, Lifetime, and Team tiers across dashboard chrome, billing, and account surfaces.
SecurityPricing-plan gates tightened to match the public pricing page exactly, with Free, Pro, Lifetime, and Team entitlements handled from one permission model.
FixedBilling sync now preserves Lifetime accounts and avoids accidental downgrades from stale subscription webhook events.
ImprovedPremium feature boundaries now stay consistent between marketing, settings, dashboard controls, and backend enforcement.
v3.5April 21, 2026
NewBase64 Encoder/Decoder free tool, URL-safe variant (RFC 4648 §5), full Unicode and emoji support, real-time conversion, 100% client-side privacy.
NewSwap input ↔ output button and save-to-history shortcut in the Base64 tool for quick round-tripping.
ImprovedComplete SEO metadata standardization across all 17 free tools, consistent titles, 3-level breadcrumbs, HowTo step images, SERP-tightened descriptions (150-160 chars).
ImprovedEvery free tool page now ships 4 rich structured-data schemas (FAQPage, WebApplication, BreadcrumbList, HowTo with step images) for Google rich results eligibility.
ImprovedIndexNow integration expanded, new and updated tool URLs automatically submitted to Bing and Yandex within seconds of deployment.
ImprovedInternal tool build checklist and self-audit script published for consistent quality on future tool releases.
v3.4April 18, 2026
NewRobots.txt Tester, parse robots.txt files, test URL access for Googlebot, Bingbot, and AI crawlers (GPTBot, Claude-Bot, PerplexityBot, Applebot-Extended). Find sitemap references and validate syntax.
NewXML Sitemap Validator, auto-discover sitemaps from robots.txt or domain root, validate URL structure, lastmod dates, priority values, changefreq, and sitemap-index handling.
NewSecurity Headers Checker, audit 10 HTTP security headers (CSP, HSTS, X-Frame-Options, Permissions-Policy, Referrer-Policy, X-Content-Type-Options, COOP/COEP) with letter grade A-F and prioritized recommendations.
NewLink Extractor, pull all internal, external, nofollow, and dofollow links from any page with anchor text analysis and CSV export for audits.
New/tools hub page and "Free Tools" link in the main nav, one central place to discover all 42+ free SEO and link tools.
ImprovedTechnical SEO cluster cross-linked for topical authority, each tool references the other two in its Related Tools section.
ImprovedTool landing page (/tools) now renders categorized CollectionPage JSON-LD for better sitelink previews in Google.
SecurityAll tool APIs hardened with per-IP rate limiting (5-10/min), SSRF protection against private IP ranges, AbortController timeouts, and stream-read byte caps to prevent memory exhaustion.
v3.3April 7, 2026
NewTeam Workspaces, invite your team with role-based access (owner, admin, member, viewer). Shared links, domains, folders, and analytics across your organization.
NewTeam invitations via email, send invites with one click, accept from any device. Pending invitations with copyable invite links and revoke.
NewTeam switcher, switch between personal workspace and team workspaces from the sidebar.
NewPer-seat pricing, Teams add-on at $4/seat per month on top of Pro. The team owner seat is included.
ImprovedAll resources (links, folders, domains, analytics) now scoped to team context for seamless collaboration.
ImprovedUpdated pricing page, comparison tables, and all marketing pages to reflect Teams availability.
v3.2April 5, 2026
NewA/B split testing, split traffic between two URLs with a visual slider on any link
NewChrome extension, shorten the current tab URL in one click with your API key
New9 competitor comparison pages with full feature tables, pricing breakdowns, and FAQs
New9 step-by-step migration guides, move from Bitly, Rebrandly, Short.io, TinyURL, Dub, Switchy, BL.INK, Sniply, or Cuttly
NewMeta Tag Generator, free tool to preview and generate Open Graph and Twitter Card tags
ImprovedAll competitor pricing data verified against live websites and corrected (~60 data points)
ImprovedCross-linked alternatives, migration, and blog pages for better navigation and SEO
ImprovedFooter redesigned as consistent 6-column grid across all marketing pages
ImprovedCompetitor screenshots captured and added to comparison pages
ImprovedJSON-LD structured data (Article, FAQPage, HowTo, BreadcrumbList) on all new pages
v3.0March 30, 2026
NewFull GDPR compliance: cookie consent banner, data export, and account deletion
NewData & Privacy settings tab with one-click data export and account deletion
NewDetailed feature comparison table: Flyn vs Bitly
ImprovedRedesigned homepage with richer animations, floating ambient effects, and hover interactions
ImprovedNew testimonials section with real avatar photos and international voices
ImprovedGlassmorphism cookie consent banner with backdrop blur
ImprovedDeveloper code block now fully readable in both light and dark themes
SecurityConsent timestamps recorded on sign-up for GDPR audit trail
SecurityCascading account deletion: all user data removed in correct order
v2.9March 27, 2026
NewUse cases section showcasing Marketing, Developer, E-Commerce, Healthcare, Agency, and Education workflows
NewIntegrations section highlighting REST API, TypeScript SDK, Webhooks, and QR codes
ImprovedHomepage sections now animate into view with staggered scroll-triggered reveals
ImprovedPricing section with subtle gradient background and animated blob effects
FixedFixed clicks API endpoint using correct column name for date filtering
v2.8March 25, 2026
NewDeep analytics dashboard with geo, device, browser, and referrer breakdowns
NewPer-link analytics page with period-over-period comparison
NewCSV export for click event data
ImprovedRedesigned dashboard with real-time click stream
FixedFixed OTP verification for 8-digit codes
v2.7March 18, 2026
NewMobile-optimized bottom-sheet modal for link creation
ImprovedLarger Create Link CTA with better visibility on all devices
FixedDuplicate slug now shows clear error instead of infinite loading
v2.6March 10, 2026
NewCustom 404 and error pages with branded experience
NewNew Flyn logo and favicon across all platforms
ImprovedFooter links now point to real, SEO-optimized pages
ImprovedDashboard greeting handles auto-generated usernames gracefully
v2.5February 28, 2026
NewQR code generator with customizable colors and download options
NewLink expiration with custom dates
ImprovedHeader search bar enlarged with keyboard shortcut badge
SecurityPassword-protected links with hashed storage
v2.4February 15, 2026
NewWebhook support for real-time click notifications
NewTag system for organizing links
ImprovedAPI rate limiting with clear response headers
v2.3February 1, 2026
NewCustom domain support with automatic SSL provisioning
NewBulk link creation via CSV upload
ImprovedDashboard loads 40% faster with optimized queries
FixedFixed redirect latency for high-traffic links
v2.2January 15, 2026
ImprovedMobile-responsive dashboard layout
v2.1January 1, 2026
NewREST API with TypeScript SDK (npm install flyn-sdk)
NewClick analytics with daily/weekly/monthly views
ImprovedLanding page redesigned with comparison tables and testimonials
SecurityTwo-factor authentication for team accounts