Welcome to Linxy Tab

Linxy Tab is a next-generation browser start page for saving tabs, organizing links, AI search, and structure visualization. Install from the Chrome Web Store or Microsoft Edge Add-ons, then use this guide to get started.

📐 The 3-Level Organization System

To handle thousands of bookmarks, we use a clean Kanban-style 3-tier architecture instead of nested folders:

🗂️ Core: 10 Card Engines

Linxy Tab is more than a bookmark manager. We provide 10 different card types to make your new tab page a powerful digital dashboard:

Basic Cards (Free)

• 🔗 URL Card: Save web pages with custom icons and one-click access.
• 📝 Note Card: Quick notes with Markdown-style formatting.
• ✅ Todo Card: Lightweight task management with checkboxes.
• ⏳ Countdown Card: Track important deadlines, payday, or anniversaries.
• 🖼️ Image Card: Build moodboards, supports pasting image URLs directly.

Pro Cards PRO

• 💻 Code Snippet Card: For developers, supports syntax highlighting for 30+ languages.
• 🤖 AI Prompt Card: Save common prompts, copy with one click or send directly to AI models.
• ⚡ Webhook Card: Automation hub, trigger server APIs with one click.
• 📡 RSS Feed Card: Track your favorite blogs or news sources directly on your new tab.
• 📢 Creator Subscription Card: Enter a creator's sub code to unlock and subscribe to their curated content.

📥 Saving & Managing Content

1. Save Current Page

• Quick Save: Press Alt + S (Mac: Cmd + Shift + S) to instantly save the current page to your default folder and close it.
• Batch Save (OneTab Alternative): In the plugin's right sidebar "Currently Open Tabs" area, click "📥 Save All" to instantly package all tabs and free up system memory.

2. Drag & Drop

Like organizing files on your desktop, drag any card into another folder; or drag it left to move it across Channels for instant cross-workspace transfer.

🔍 Omni Deep Search

Press Ctrl + K (Mac: Cmd + K) to activate the global command palette.

• Lightning-fast Pinyin Search: Remember the name? Type the pinyin initials, e.g., search "Taobao" with just tb, millisecond response.
• AI Semantic Search PRO: Forgot the bookmark name? Enter a vague description (e.g., "that yellow website for flowcharts"), and the AI will understand and locate it precisely!

☁️ Ultimate Data Sync Center

Linxy Tab uses a local-first design. Bookmark data is stored in your browser by default. Optional WebDAV sync lets you back up to endpoints you control (public cloud, NAS, or self-hosted server).

🏥 Option A: Public Cloud (WebDAV)

Recommended for beginners — zero infrastructure setup required:

• Koofr — Universal cloud connector with WebDAV support. https://app.koofr.net/dav/Koofr/
• pCloud — Swiss-based secure storage. https://webdav.pcloud.com/
• Dropbox / Google Drive / OneDrive — Via third-party WebDAV bridge services
• Nextcloud / ownCloud — Self-hosted or hosted instances

Option B: Private NAS

For setups where you prefer storage on your own network hardware:

• Synology — Most popular NAS for home & SMB (WebDAV port: 5005/5006)
• QNAP — Enterprise-grade with hybrid cloud features (WebDAV port: 8080/8081)
• TrueNAS — Open-source enterprise NAS solution
• Unraid — Flexible array-based NAS for enthusiasts
• Asustor — Budget-friendly NAS from ASUS

🖥️ Option C: Self-hosted Server

For developers and tech enthusiasts with existing VPS infrastructure:

• AWS EC2, Google Cloud, Azure, DigitalOcean, Vultr, Linode
• Deploy Nginx WebDAV, Apache WebDAV module, or Docker-based WebDAV containers

⚙️ Setup Steps

1. Go to ⚙️ Settings -> ☁️ Data Sync Center
2. Select your preferred provider category (Public Cloud / NAS / Self-hosted)
3. Click your provider button to auto-fill the WebDAV URL
4. Enter your credentials and app password
5. Enable "Auto Sync" for scheduled backup, or manually trigger sync anytime

🤖 AI Engine — Online API Mode PRO

After upgrading to Pro, you need to configure your own API Key to unlock AI features. Linxy supports all major online AI models:

Supported Models

• OpenAI GPT ? GPT-4o-mini, GPT-4, etc. https://api.openai.com/v1
• Claude ? Claude 3.5 Sonnet, Claude 3 Opus https://api.anthropic.com/v1
• Google Gemini ? Gemini 2.0 Flash, Gemini Pro https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com/v1beta/openai
• DeepSeek ? DeepSeek Chat (cost-effective) https://api.deepseek.com/v1
• Groq (Mistral) ? Ultra-fast open-source inference https://api.groq.com/openai/v1

Recommended Providers

• OpenRouter ? Unified API for 100+ models, pay-as-you-go
• Together AI ? Fast open-source model inference with free credits

Getting Started

1. Register at OpenRouter.ai or any AI platform
2. Get your API key from the platform
3. Go to ⚙️ Settings -> 🤖 AI Settings -> Online Mode
4. Select your preferred model, enter the API key and endpoint URL
5. Click Save ? your AI features are now active!

🖥️ AI Engine — Local Mode (Ollama) PRO

Linxy supports optional Ollama — run models locally for AI features you choose to enable, using endpoints you configure.

Setup Steps

1. Install Ollama: Download from ollama.com and install on your computer (Windows/Mac/Linux supported)
2. Download Models: Run ollama pull llama3.2 or ollama pull deepseek-r1 in terminal
3. Start Ollama Server: Run ollama serve (default: http://localhost:11434)
4. Configure Linxy: Go to ⚙️ Settings -> 🤖 AI Settings -> Local Mode
5. Enter your Ollama endpoint (http://localhost:11434) and model name
6. Click Save — enjoy AI features with your configured local provider!

Recommended Ollama Models

• llama3.2 — Fast, efficient, great for most tasks
• deepseek-r1 — Excellent reasoning capabilities
• qwen2.5 — Strong multilingual support
• mistral — Balanced performance

? Daily AI Magic PRO

After configuring your API key, you'll unlock these powerful features:

• Auto-Organize New: Have dozens of messy bookmarks? Click ✨ AI Auto-Organize and the AI will read titles, create folders, and categorize everything!
• Global Rewrite: Default titles too long? Click 📝 AI Global Rewrite to let AI shorten titles and auto-fill descriptions.
• Icon Assignment: Click the ✨ wand above any channel, and AI will auto-match the most suitable emoji icon based on the channel name.

💎 Activate Pro & Device Management

After obtaining a Pro license key, you can activate anytime within the extension:

Device Authorization

• Yearly Plan: Up to 3 simultaneous devices
• Lifetime Plan: Up to 5 simultaneous devices

To switch to a new computer, please click "Unbind Device" in the old computer's settings or contact support for assistance.

🧹 Clean Mode PRO

Upgrade to Pro and enable Clean Mode for a distraction-free experience:

• No Recommendations: When enabled, creating new channels or folders won't automatically add "Featured Recommendations" cards
• How to Enable: Go to ⚙️ Settings -> Toggle Controls, find and switch the "Clean Mode" toggle

📱 Send to Phone (LAN Instant Transfer)

Don't want to copy-paste URLs manually? Linxy has built-in LAN transfer to quickly share bookmarks between computer and phone:

1. Make sure your phone and computer are on the same WiFi network
2. Click the 📱 Send to Phone button at the bottom left
3. Scan the QR code with WeChat or any QR scanner
4. Select the bookmark cards you want to send in the plugin
5. Click "Send" and the URLs will open automatically on your phone

🧹 Space Cleaner PRO

A lifesaver for digital hoarders! Click the broom icon at the bottom left to enter Cleaner:

• Smart Deduplication: Automatically scan the entire database, find accidentally duplicated bookmarks, and merge/clean them with one click.
• Dead Link Detection: Send high-concurrency probes to check which websites have gone offline (404/502), keeping your knowledge base fresh and clean.

📋 Clone & Smart Trash

• Magic Clone: In any workspace, channel, or folder's ⚙️ settings popup, click the 📋 Clone button. Instantly create a perfect copy with all data, perfect for backups or reorganization.
• Smart Trash: Accidentally deleted cards? Click the 🗑️ Trash icon at the bottom left. It records all deleted cards (up to 100 items) and supports batch restore.

🌐 P2P LAN Sync (Peer-to-Peer)

Need instant sync between two nearby devices without setting up a cloud server? Linxy Tab supports direct P2P sync via WebRTC:

• Zero Configuration: Both devices on the same network ? no WebDAV setup needed
• End-to-End Encrypted: Data is transmitted directly between browsers via encrypted WebRTC channels
• No Server Dependency: PeerJS signaling servers are used only for initial peer discovery ? your data payload never passes through any server

How to Use

1. Open ⚙️ Settings -> ☁️ Data Sync Center on both devices
2. Switch to the P2P tab
3. One device generates a pairing code; the other enters it
4. Click Connect ? your data syncs directly, peer-to-peer

? Time Machine Auto-Backup

Linxy Tab automatically protects your data with a 3-tier rotating snapshot system ? no configuration required:

• Automatic: Snapshots are created automatically ? no manual action needed
• Local Only: All snapshots stay in your browser storage, never uploaded
• One-Click Restore: Open ⚙️ Settings -> ☁️ Data Sync Center -> ⏱️ Time Machine to browse and restore any snapshot
• Pre-Import Safety: A snapshot is automatically created before any JSON import

📤 Import & Export — Data Portability

Your data belongs to you. Linxy Tab provides full data portability:

Export

1. Open ⚙️ Settings -> 📤 Export Data
2. Choose export scope: All workspaces, or select specific ones
3. Click Export ? a complete JSON file downloads instantly

Import

1. Open ⚙️ Settings -> 📥 Import Data
2. Select a previously exported JSON file
3. Review the preview of what will be imported
4. Click Import ? your data is restored

Browser Bookmarks Import

Coming from another bookmark manager? Use the Import Browser Bookmarks option to convert your existing Chrome bookmarks into Linxy Tab cards ? processed locally in your browser during import.

🎮 New User Quest — 72-Hour Pro Trial

New users automatically enter a 72-hour onboarding quest that lets you experience Pro features for free:

🌐 Multi-Language Support

Linxy Tab speaks your language. The interface is fully translated into 7 languages:

• 🇨🇳 简体中文 (Simplified Chinese)
• 🇺🇸 English
• 🇯🇵 日本語 (Japanese)
• 🇰🇷 한국어 (Korean)
• 🇪🇸 Español (Spanish)
• 🇩🇪 Deutsch (German)
• 🇫🇷 Français (French)

The Extension automatically matches your browser's language setting. You can also manually switch languages in ⚙️ Settings -> Language.

❓ FAQ & Support

Q: I reinstalled my computer, how do I restore data?

A: Assuming you configured WebDAV sync before. After reinstalling the extension, configure the same cloud account and click ⚙️ Settings -> ? Restore from Cloud to instantly restore all your data, settings, and organization!

Q: Does the Lifetime Pro key expire? Will reinstalling the OS reduce my device count?

A: Lifetime keys are valid forever! Reinstalling the OS or browser on the same computer and re-entering the key will NOT reduce your device quota (the system identifies you via hardware fingerprint).

Q: "Plugin not detected" error when importing templates?

A: This usually happens because communication is broken after installing or updating the extension. Just press F5 to hard refresh the page and try importing again.

Q: Encountered a bug or want to collaborate? How can I contact you?

A: We provide 24/7 support:
- Twitter/X: @LinxyTab
- Email: hello@linxytab.com