What if I forget my PIN?
What if I forget my PIN?
If you’ve set a recovery email in Settings → PIN recovery email, use “Forgot PIN?” on the login screen to receive a magic link. Without a recovery email, there’s no way to recover access — write your PIN down somewhere safe when you create your page.
Can I change my username?
Can I change my username?
Not yet. Usernames cannot be renamed in place. To use a different username, create a new page with that username and re-add your links manually.
Is my data private?
Is my data private?
Your page content — title, bio, links, and theme — is publicly readable by anyone who visits your page. Your PIN hash and recovery email are never exposed to clients; they are stripped server-side before any data reaches the browser, and Firestore rules block clients from reading or writing those fields directly.
Can I self-host?
Can I self-host?
Yes. Lynkz is fully open-source and designed to be self-hosted. Replace Firebase with any Firestore-compatible database, Resend with any transactional email provider, and Vercel with any Node.js-compatible host.
Why does the magic link fail?
Why does the magic link fail?
On Resend’s free tier, you can only send emails to the email address registered on your own Resend account. To send magic links to any recovery email address, verify a custom domain at resend.com/domains and set the
RESEND_FROM_DOMAIN environment variable.How do I add a custom domain?
How do I add a custom domain?
Custom domain support is not built into Lynkz directly. To use your own domain, point it to your Vercel deployment — all pages will automatically be served at your domain without any additional configuration.
What happens after 3 failed PIN attempts?
What happens after 3 failed PIN attempts?
Your IP address is locked out for 24 hours. Wait out the lockout period and try again. If you have a recovery email set, you can also use the “Forgot PIN?” flow to regain access before the lockout expires.
Do I need an account to create a page?
Do I need an account to create a page?
No. Lynkz requires no sign-up, no email address, and no account of any kind. Simply choose a username and set a PIN — your page is live immediately at
lynkz.app/username.