About 0.mk
This is version 3 of 0.mk - a complete reboot of a service that first went live in 2009. Same domain. Same database. Entirely new everything else.
The story
The 0.mk domain was registered on June 25, 2009. The idea was simple: create the shortest possible URLs. A three-character domain - just a zero, a dot, and two letters. Hard to beat.
The first version launched shortly after and quickly gained traction. IT.mk covered the launch, writing about the new service and its ultra-short domain.
A few months later, version 2 arrived with user profiles and accounts, letting people manage and track their links. By 2012 the service had passed 200,000 shortened links.
In 2026, we're back with version 3. We recovered the original database - every user account, every link, every redirect - and rebuilt the entire platform from scratch on a modern edge-first architecture. Faster, smarter, and built to last.
How it works
When you shorten a URL, the link is stored in our database and instantly pushed to Cloudflare's global edge network - over 300 data centers worldwide. When someone clicks your link, the redirect happens at the nearest edge node in under 50 milliseconds. No round-trips to our server.
Click analytics are collected at the edge and aggregated - we track clicks by country, referrer, device, browser, and operating system without ever storing individual visitor IP addresses. Privacy by design.
More than links
0.mk isn't just a URL shortener anymore. Smart Actions let you use your short domain as a universal tool: open AI chats, send emails, generate QR codes, share documents, start video calls, and more through simple URL patterns. Developer Tools give you instant access to utilities like UUID generators and JWT decoders. And Prompts lets you discover and share viral AI prompts with one click.
Built for developers
Every feature in the dashboard is accessible through our REST API. Authenticate with a bearer token, create links, read analytics, manage tags and domains - all programmatically.
Built for teams
Workspaces let you organize links by project or team. Invite members, assign roles, tag links for campaigns, and export data when you need it. Custom domains let you shorten links under your own brand - each domain has its own namespace, so the same short alias can exist on multiple domains.
Timeline
Domain 0.mk registered. Service goes live.
User profiles, accounts, and link tracking added.
200,000+ links shortened.
v3. We're back. Original database restored, platform rebuilt from scratch.
Who we are
0.mk is built and maintained by a small team. We care about building reliable, well-engineered tools that respect user privacy and just work.