Short links, with no strings attached.
Blinkhop is an independent link shortener for people, apps and AI agents. It launched on October 11, 2026, with one idea: making a short link should take one paste, and opening one should never be a gamble.
Blinkhop at a glance
- Launched
- October 11, 2026
- Company
- Independent
- Short domain
- zou.sh
- Funded by
- Paid plans, never ads
- Your data
- Never sold
Why Blinkhop
Shortening a link got complicated. We made it simple again.
Link shorteners used to be the simplest tools on the web. Over the years, many added sign-up walls before the first link, ads or warning pages before the redirect, expiry dates on free links and captchas that lock out people on Tor or a VPN.
Meanwhile, a new kind of user arrived: AI agents that write emails, answer customers and draft posts. They need short links too, and they get stopped by every captcha.
We built Blinkhop to go the other way: one paste for people, one request for apps, one URL for AI assistants, and the same clean zou.sh links for all of them.
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People
Paste a link, get a short one, already copied. No account, no settings.
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Apps
One POST request from any language. No key to start, clear errors and limits.
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AI agents
A remote MCP server any assistant can use, with nothing to install.
What we believe
Six promises behind every link.
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Links that last
A link you shared should keep working. zou.sh links never expire, and nobody can quietly repoint them.
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Nothing in the way
No ads, no warning pages, no countdowns. A click goes straight to the page you meant to share.
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Open to everyone
Tor, VPNs, shared office networks and AI agents get the same service, with no captcha.
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Private by design
No cookies and no stored IP addresses. Clicks are counted as daily totals, never as profiles.
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Safe by default
Known phishing and malware domains are refused, and anyone can report a link in one click.
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Built for builders
A small, documented API and an MCP server, with an OpenAPI spec and docs AI can read.
Business model
How Blinkhop makes money.
Paid plans for people and teams who need more: branded domains, longer analytics and shared workspaces. They’re in early access.
- We don’t show ads, before redirects or anywhere else.
- We don’t sell or rent data, and we don’t share it with advertisers.
- The free service stays free. Its limits stop spam; they’re not a sales funnel.
Milestones
Where we are, and what’s next.
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October 11, 2026
Blinkhop launches
The web shortener, zou.sh links, QR codes and link previews, the REST API, the MCP server, the link expander and the status page.
Read the changelog -
Next · early access
Accounts
Editing destinations, an analytics dashboard and API keys with higher limits.
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Then · early access
Branded domains and teams
Short links on your own domain, shared workspaces, roles and an audit log.
The names
Why “Blinkhop” and “zou.sh”?
Blinkhop. A link should take you there in a blink and a single hop. The lime dot in the logo is where you land.
zou.sh. Short enough to type from a poster, and “zou!” is a French way of saying “off you go”.
Questions about Blinkhop?
Write to us. For press, our brand assets and a short description are ready to use.