v0.15
Foundation
The first dependable foundation: accounts, short links, QR codes, and a clean management experience.
Product Evolution
From a short link to a smart platform.
Each milestone made links safer, more measurable, and easier to manage. This page highlights product progress by version, without release dates or internal maintenance noise.
Current release
v0.75.3
Selected product milestones
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v0.18
Nova Shield
Nova Shield brought destination checks, phishing resistance, explainable risk, and safer redirects.
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v0.21
Global platform
Ten interface languages, light and dark themes, localized SEO, and clearer public product pages.
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v0.24
Continuous protection
Continuous safety monitoring added status history, deterioration and recovery alerts, and owner controls.
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v0.28
Plans and billing
Freemium plans, trials, coupons, Stripe subscriptions, safe limits, and redirects that never stop at an analytics quota.
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v0.31
Workspaces and teams
Independent workspaces gained their own plans, members, roles, resources, domains, campaigns, and isolated analytics.
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v0.33
Exact traffic intelligence
Exact hourly traffic totals and honest coverage made every redirect count, even beyond detailed analytics limits.
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v0.36
Verified business outcomes
Campaign attribution and verified Stripe, WooCommerce, API, and pixel outcomes connected traffic to real business results.
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v0.39
Analytics 4.0
Private country, region, city, device, browser, UTM, channel, quality, campaign, conversion, and revenue analytics came together in one workspace view.
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v0.40
Product transparency
A public, date-free evolution page now makes major product progress easy to understand in every supported language.
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v0.43
Public trust contracts
Contact and security workflows, honest retention language, synchronized API contracts, and stronger localization prepared the product for commercial launch.
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v0.46
Operations at scale
A complete Link Library, safe bulk actions, imports, exports, API tokens, signed webhooks, and delivery diagnostics made large workspaces practical.
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v0.48
Branded infrastructure
Custom domains gained continuous DNS and certificate health checks, clear recovery guidance, and protection against abandoned-domain failures.
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v0.50
Commercial product experience
Multiple Bio Pages, an intuitive dashboard, guided link creation, instant result actions, account security scoring, launch checks, and a polished public showcase completed the commercial foundation.
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v0.51
Share from anywhere
An installable PWA brought 4ul.ink into Android and Windows share menus, with safe URL intake, Nova Shield checks, guest limits, QR output, and native resharing.
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v0.66
Developer-ready showcase
Workspace-scoped domain and webhook APIs, OpenAPI 1.3, a private TypeScript SDK preview, and clearly labeled QR and Bio demonstrations made the product easier to integrate and evaluate.
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v0.67
Print-ready QR workflows
True vector SVG export, managed-destination testing, and tenant-checked QR Studio events made branded codes easier to validate and measure.
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v0.68
Guided domain activation
Exact A or AAAA instructions, detected-DNS diagnostics, safe HTTPS guidance, and a responsive four-stage flow made branded domains easier to activate.
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v0.69
Accessible critical journeys
Keyboard navigation, announced progress and errors, duplicate-submit protection, reduced motion, and accessible QR and Link Passport states now cover the most important link workflows.
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v0.70 Current release
Faster first render
Below-the-fold rendering, fixed image dimensions, immutable compressed assets, and release-blocking frontend budgets reduced initial work and guard Core Web Vitals from silent regressions.
Future direction
Where 4ul.ink goes next.
These are product directions, not promised release dates. Reliability, safety, and user control remain the gate for every new capability.
Smarter automation
Reusable templates, scheduled workflows, event-driven actions, and deeper integrations will reduce repetitive link operations.
Stronger Nova Shield
More reputation signals, clearer explanations, false-positive workflows, and workspace security policies will expand protection.
Faster global delivery
Edge-ready redirects, regional resilience, richer status history, and safer custom-domain automation will prepare the platform for wider scale.
Independent ecosystem
Optional NovaCore services will connect identity, billing, licensing, and notifications while 4ul.ink remains independently deployable.