- 100 MB per file
- 1 GB of storage
- 25 files in one link
- 50 links a day
- — Custom 2l.nz/name
- — Replace contents, same link
- — Devices and referrers
- — Countries and browsers
- — API access
Anything to link.
Drop a file, a photo, a PDF, a video, a spreadsheet or a paragraph. 2L works out what it is and gives you one short link that shows it properly — to anyone, on anything, with nothing to install.
Drop anything. Get a link.
Drag it here, paste it, or press to choose a file. 2L works out what it is and shows it properly.
Custom names, replacing contents and download controls are part of Plus. See the plans.
Uploading…
2l.nz/
What it understands
You never pick a format.
There is no “PDF to link” button because there does not need to be one. The bytes are examined on the way in and the page you get back fits what you sent.
Image →
A viewer
Full quality, transparency shown properly, dimensions and format printed underneath.
Several images →
A gallery
A grid and a lightbox with arrow keys, in the order you dropped them.
PDF →
A reader
Opens in place, page by page. No download to find out what it says.
Video →
A player
Plays and seeks properly, because it is served with byte ranges.
Audio →
A player
Play, scrub, volume. Lossless files stay lossless.
Code →
Highlighting
Sixty languages, line numbers you can link to, raw one click away.
Markdown →
A document
Headings, tables, task lists and fenced code, with the source a click away.
JSON →
A tree
Collapsible, with child counts, and the parser error if it does not parse.
CSV →
A table
Sticky header, row numbers, a filter box, and quoting handled properly.
HTML →
A preview
Rendered in a sandbox with no access to 2L, source view included.
Text →
A page
Set to read, with copy and download. Or a table, if it turns out to be one.
Anything else →
A download
Named honestly, sized honestly, with the right icon and nothing pretending.
Once you have an account
The link is the product. The rest is control.
None of this is in your way until you want it. Everything below is optional, and the box works without touching any of it.
Names you choose
A drop can live at 2l.nz/spring-menu instead of five random characters. Plus and Pro.
Passwords that mean it
The file is not sent to a browser that has not answered. This is a lock, not a curtain.
Expiry, and burn-after-read
Set a date, or have the link delete itself the first time somebody opens it.
Who opened it
Counts for everyone; devices and referrers on Plus; countries, browsers and an individual log on Pro.
A QR for every link
Drawn here, not fetched from a QR service — which would otherwise be told about every link you make.
Replace without re-sharing
Upload a new version and everyone holding the link sees it. The link never changes.
An API
One POST returns a link. Enough to wire into a build, an editor or a script. Pro.
No scanning, no reading
Files are stored as uploaded and served from a sandboxed path. Nothing is indexed and nothing is opened.
Pricing
Free is a real plan.
No card to start, no trial that ends. Paid plans raise the ceilings and add control over the links you have already shared.
| Free $0 ForeverForever | Plus $2.99 / month$19.99 / year Saves 44% | Pro $9.99 / month$49.99 / year Saves 58% | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Largest file | 100 MB | 500 MB | 2 GB |
| Storage | 1 GB | 25 GB | 250 GB |
| Files in one link | 25 | 100 | 500 |
| Links per day | 50 | 500 | 5,000 |
| Transfer per link, per month | 25 GB | 250 GB | 1 TB |
| Shortest link | 5 characters | 4 characters | 3 characters |
| Links keep working | Until you delete them | Until you delete them | Until you delete them |
| Custom 2l.nz/name | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Password protection | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Expiry and burn-after-read | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Replace contents, same link | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Turn downloads off | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| QR codes | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| View counts | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Devices and referrers | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Countries and browsers | — | — | ✓ |
| Individual view log | — | — | Last 20 |
| Programs (.exe, .apk, …) | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| API access | — | — | ✓ |
| Two-factor authentication | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
- 500 MB per file
- 25 GB of storage
- 100 files in one link
- 500 links a day
- ✓ Custom 2l.nz/name
- ✓ Replace contents, same link
- ✓ Devices and referrers
- — Countries and browsers
- — API access
- 2 GB per file
- 250 GB of storage
- 500 files in one link
- 5,000 links a day
- ✓ Custom 2l.nz/name
- ✓ Replace contents, same link
- ✓ Devices and referrers
- ✓ Countries and browsers
- ✓ API access
Questions
The ones people actually ask.
Do I need an account?
No. Drop something and you get a link immediately. Without an account a link holds files up to 25 MB, ten of them at once, and lasts seven days. An account is free, makes links permanent, and gives you somewhere to manage them.
What can I upload?
Nearly anything. Programs — .exe, .msi, .apk, .jar and similar — are refused without an account and allowed on paid plans, where there is a verified address behind every upload. That is an abuse rule rather than a technical one.
How does it know what my file is?
It looks at the bytes first, then the name, then what your browser claimed — in that order, because the bytes are the only part of a file that cannot be wrong about what it is. A PNG renamed to .txt still opens in the image viewer.
Is my content private?
It is unlisted and never indexed: every shared page carries a noindex header and the files are served from a path crawlers are told to leave alone. Anyone with the link can open it, so add a password for anything sensitive. We do not open, scan or read what you upload.
Can I use a link in a website or a README?
Yes. The direct file URL is on every page and images and video can be embedded. Each link has a monthly transfer allowance by plan, so a popular embed keeps working and a hotlinked video on a very busy page eventually pauses rather than quietly costing money.
What happens if I stop paying?
Nothing is deleted. The account drops to free limits after a seven-day grace period, and if you are over the free storage allowance your links pause — visible to you, not to the public — until you renew or delete enough to fit. Your files stay yours.
How do I get something removed?
Every shared page has a report link, and every report is read by a person. If it breaks the terms it comes down, and the file is fingerprinted so the same one cannot be uploaded again under a new name.
Why is it called 2L?
Two letters, one job: To Link. The domain is 2l.nz, so the shortest link the product can make is nine characters including the scheme.