Small tools · Isolated service
A suspiciously useful corner of the web.
Create an expiring short link, check its destination against a known-threat reputation service, and download its QR code.
make.shady.link with its own deployment and data stores. Opening it leaves the personal site; a compromise of the utility should not grant access to this site.Live utility
Shorten a link
Choose a 1, 7, or 30 day lifetime. Longer lifetimes require an invite. Save the private management link to extend or revoke the redirect.
Open make.shady.link ↗Included
Make a QR
Every created short link includes downloadable SVG and PNG QR codes generated in your browser.
How QR generation works →Before submitting: the complete destination is sent to Google Web Risk. Do not submit URLs containing credentials, reset tokens, signatures, or other private query data. Reputation checks can miss harmful destinations and can misclassify benign ones.