Link Processing & Privacy ๐ โ
LinkSheet includes powerful tools to clean, resolve, and secure the links you open. Features marked with ๐ involve network requests and may affect the speed of the bottom sheet appearance.
Redirect Resolution ๐ โ
LinkSheet can "unroll" shortened links and tracking redirects before they reach your browser.
- Follow Redirects ๐: Automatically follows HTTP redirects.
- Mode: Run resolution Automatically, or expose a manual Follow redirects button in the bottom sheet.
- Aggressive: Attempt to follow redirects even on suspicious or complex URL patterns.
- Local Cache: Caches results locally to speed up future clicks.
- External Service ๐ [Impact: High]: Uses a privacy-preserving API (hosted at supabase.com) to resolve redirects without exposing your IP address to the destination server immediately. This adds a network round-trip and is a Pro feature.
- Known Trackers Only: Option to only trigger redirect resolution for known tracking domains, preserving battery and data for normal links.
- Allow darknets / Allow local network: Explicitly permit resolution targets on Tor/onion hosts or on your local network.
- Skip in browser: Skip resolution when the target is a browser, since browsers follow redirects themselves.
Amp2Html ๐ โ
Automatically converts AMP (Accelerated Mobile Pages) links to their standard, canonical HTML versions.
- Local Cache: Caches conversions locally.
- External Service ๐: Perform the conversion via an external service instead of contacting AMP servers directly (a Pro feature).
- Allow darknets / Allow local network: Explicitly permit targets on Tor/onion hosts or on your local network.
- Skip in browser: Skip conversion when the target is a browser.
Tracking Protection โ
ClearURLs Integration โ
Uses the ClearURLs rule set to strip tracking parameters (like utm_source, fbclid) from URLs. This is a local operation (fast).
FastForward Integration โ
Uses FastForward rules to bypass link shorteners and intermediate landing pages.
LibRedirect Integration โ
Redirects traffic from popular proprietary platforms to privacy-friendly, open-source frontends.
- Example: YouTube โ Invidious, Twitter โ Nitter.
- Ignore button: Optionally add a button to the sheet that re-opens the original, un-redirected link.
- Custom instances: An experimental feature that lets you add your own frontend instances.
Embed Resolution โ
Rewrites embed mirrors (for example fxtwitter.com) back to the real host, so the link opens in the target app instead of a third-party viewer.
Downloader ๐ โ
- Enable: Adds a "Download" button to the bottom sheet when a URL points to a downloadable file.
- Mode: Automatically check if a URL has downloadable content, or show a manual Check downloadable button.
- Use mime type from URL: Checks if the URL ends with a file extension (e.g.
.jpg) and uses it for the downloaded file.
Privacy Settings โ
- LinkSheet Referrer: By default, LinkSheet hides itself as the "referrer" when opening apps. You can optionally expose LinkSheet as the referrer for compatibility.
- Remote Config ๐: Allow LinkSheet to refresh internal configuration and documentation resources from its configuration server.
- Telemetry ๐: LinkSheet collects minimal data by default but respects your choice.
- Levels: Disabled, Minimal, Standard, Exhaustive.
- Identity: Choose between a Basic and a Full (adds device model and locale) telemetry identity.
- Reset Identifier: Generate a new anonymous telemetry identifier at any time.